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: 147903	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100965	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102705	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94618
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97784	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98214	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91512	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102913
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101963	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103293	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103173	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102774
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103314	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103154	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103618	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101473
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111829	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112082	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111665	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120786
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110667	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108146	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106366	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103959
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101400	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127180

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease