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: 176697	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121019	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123302	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112310
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115894	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116286	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107684	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122714
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121717	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122604	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122234	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121896
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122400	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122436	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123425	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121070
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133880	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134435	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145721
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132799	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129491	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127442	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124545
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121506	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152519

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease