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: 147958	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101007	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102744	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94648
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97814	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98256	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91537	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102951
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102005	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103327	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103214	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102807
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103359	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103196	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103647	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101508
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111872	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112127	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111706	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120842
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110712	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108186	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106408	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103982
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101435	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127221

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease