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: 176389	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120823	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123058	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112087
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115665	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116084	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107471	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122495
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121520	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122378	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122010	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121671
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122197	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122210	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123201	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120806
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133547	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134091	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133663	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145374
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132557	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129242	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127200	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124326
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121273	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152243

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease