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: 147844	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100936	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102669	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94574
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97740	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98181	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91485	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102892
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101933	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103252	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103134	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102739
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103290	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103122	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103585	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101440
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111788	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112038	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111618	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120737
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110631	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108111	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106331	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103917
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101362	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127140

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease