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: 177617	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121537	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123923	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112845
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116466	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116877	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108235	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123322
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122281	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123264	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122830	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122507
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123013	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124031	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134634	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134712	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146538
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133446	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130101	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128023	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125158
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122071	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 153273

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease