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: 176706	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121023	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123307	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112318
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115899	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116293	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107687	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122721
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121721	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122608	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122236	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121902
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122403	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122442	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123426	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121075
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133884	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134438	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133973	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145727
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132802	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129501	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127443	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124548
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121511	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152523

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease