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: 173583	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118869	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120998	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110196
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113670	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114077	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105595	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120462
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119418	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120355	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120094	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119715
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120309	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120289	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121117	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118796
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130881	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131343	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142508
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130491	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127198	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125149	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122313
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119298	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149726

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease