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: 177521	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123870	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112788
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116392	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116824	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108169	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123253
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122201	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123205	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122763	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122450
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122942	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122958	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123955	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121587
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: 135082	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134630	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146445
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133388	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130027	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127945	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125092
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121995	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 153195

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease