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: 165505	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112351	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114487	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103938
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107232	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107814	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99983	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114414
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113350	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114568	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114173	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113967
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114475	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114424	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115179	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112931
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123551	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123971	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123515	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134214
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123808	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120591	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118612	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115921
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113002	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142266

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease