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: 176564	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120930	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123197	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112205
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115794	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116192	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107599	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122619
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: 122503	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122153	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121811
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122317	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122346	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123336	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120970
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133735	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134294	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133846	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145588
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132709	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129403	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127332	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124464
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121410	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152415

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease