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: 176742	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121047	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123324	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112328
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115917	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116311	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107705	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122738
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121735	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122625	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122252	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121919
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122423	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122461	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123444	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121089
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133903	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133989	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145746
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132819	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129517	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127458	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124562
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121527	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152544

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease