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: 118099	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79270	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80525	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71405
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74216	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74379	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68680	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80168
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79435	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80508	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80856	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80138
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81080	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80700	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80761	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78804
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82398	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82788	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82414	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89264
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86758	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84128	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83050	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80913
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79025	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101335

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease