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: 176973	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121181	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123494	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112465
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116038	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116471	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107856	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122906
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121867	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122804	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122407	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122083
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122577	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122619	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123606	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121243
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134113	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134631	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134200	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145955
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133001	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129672	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127598	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124732
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121677	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152756

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease