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: 179061	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122359	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113802
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117399	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117826	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109107	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124233
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123198	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124157	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123657	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123425
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123900	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123874	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124906	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122591
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135837	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136364	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 147894
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134470	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131079	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128974	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126091
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122893	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 154676

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease