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: 177373	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121445	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123808	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112729
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116329	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116760	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108105	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123191
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122147	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123122	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122684	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122373
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122861	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122889	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123889	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121516
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134468	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135004	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134549	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146351
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133316	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129960	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127876	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125029
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121933	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 153100

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease