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: 157179	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106402	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108455	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99749
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102998	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103531	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96182	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108647
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107625	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108916	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108668	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108398
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108945	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108817	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109398	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107166
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118278	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118529	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118142	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128216
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117334	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114329	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112482	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109805
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107048	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 135975

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease