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: 176569	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120932	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123201	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112208
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115798	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116196	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107600	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122624
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121644	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122506	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122159	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121814
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122318	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122348	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123337	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120972
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133741	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134298	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133851	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145594
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132710	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129406	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127333	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124467
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121412	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152417

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease