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: 168269	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114276	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116331	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105908
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109693	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101561	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116220
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115000	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116101	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115735	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115504
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116032	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115992	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116793	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114552
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125706	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125756	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136910
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125828	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122597	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120588	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117665
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114723	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 144932

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease