External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 169863	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115649	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107149
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110456	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110979	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102715	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117405
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116248	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117265	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116955	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116663
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117208	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117200	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118005	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115785
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127254	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127781	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127322	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138629
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127235	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123914	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121946	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119036
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116067	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146391

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease