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: 169986	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115756	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117760	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107251
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110560	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111086	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102803	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117477
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116337	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117361	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117071	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116746
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117304	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117297	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118088	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115886
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127393	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127899	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127447	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138797
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127367	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124035	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122051	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119134
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116174	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146505

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease