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: 160733	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108878	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110951	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101152
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104465	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105008	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97494	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111059
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109993	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111295	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110993	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110745
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111205	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111138	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111834	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109572
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120247	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120567	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120139	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130449
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120034	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116881	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114939	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112336
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109497	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 138586

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease