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: 178627	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122100	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124536	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113536
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117100	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108839	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123964
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122931	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123906	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123409	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123152
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123642	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123623	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124646	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122288
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136017	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135558	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 147489
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134156	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130805	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128708	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125788
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122627	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 154257

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease