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: 177484	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121485	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123858	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112770
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116369	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116808	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108144	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123233
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122186	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123177	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122739	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122430
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122921	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122934	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123939	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121570
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135062	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134599	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146410
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133376	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130016	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127926	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125076
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121981	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 153169

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease