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: 174679	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119626	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121789	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110899
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114443	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106279	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121201
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120209	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121120	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120869	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120411
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121012	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121025	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121898	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119565
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131977	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132435	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132028	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 143590
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131274	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127996	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125945	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123112
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120048	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150652

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease