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: 176779	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121060	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123344	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112352
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115934	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: 107724	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122759
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121751	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122647	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122274	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121939
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122444	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122478	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123469	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121105
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133925	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134473	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145769
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132845	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129542	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127477	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124587
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121546	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152576

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease