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: 176756	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121049	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123329	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112339
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107709	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122744
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121740	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122629	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122258	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121923
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122426	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122465	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123451	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121092
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133911	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134458	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133995	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145749
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132831	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129522	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127461	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124570
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121531	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152555

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease