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: 175938	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120490	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122695	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111769
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115352	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115759	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107157	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122129
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121129	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121991	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121686	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121304
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121860	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121851	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122826	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120443
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133615	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133209	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144849
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132172	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128879	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126844	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123980
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120918	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151814

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease