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: 178962	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122291	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124725	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113739
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117322	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117762	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109050	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124163
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123143	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124092	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123603	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123348
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123831	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123808	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124845	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122527
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135741	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136273	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135839	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 147803
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134391	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131005	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128907	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126021
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122834	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 154573

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease