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: 178645	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122107	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124545	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113553
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117109	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117554	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108849	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123975
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122939	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123917	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123416	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123157
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123653	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123631	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124653	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122295
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135464	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136029	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135578	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 147512
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134169	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130817	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128716	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125796
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122634	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 154267

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease