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: 176437	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120848	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123095	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112124
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115699	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107512	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122526
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121556	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122412	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122056	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121708
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122231	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122254	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123235	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120851
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133600	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133712	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145432
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132598	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129299	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127233	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124363
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121311	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152291

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease