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: 175186	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120052	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122194	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111318
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114863	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115279	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106701	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121646
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120594	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121524	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121217	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120794
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121367	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121365	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122291	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119953
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132497	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133033	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132630	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144197
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131657	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128381	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126338	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123499
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120455	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151124

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease