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: 155174	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105042	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107042	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98940
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102236	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102790	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95468	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107202
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106170	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107454	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107256	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106930
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107511	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107359	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107909	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105723
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117105	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117371	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116991	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126884
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115780	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112859	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111018	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108357
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105727	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134116

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease