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: 162617	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110189	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112237	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102020
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105306	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105894	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98233	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112463
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111356	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112629	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112297	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112024
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112494	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112440	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113187	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110937
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121333	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121685	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121248	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131633
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121508	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118389	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116387	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113736
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110865	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139915

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease