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: 147896	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100962	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102701	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94614
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97778	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98211	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91511	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102912
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101962	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103289	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103165	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102769
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103313	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103151	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103614	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101470
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111823	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112078	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111662	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120779
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110665	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108143	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106365	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103958
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101397	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127177

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease