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: 170456	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116179	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118182	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107612
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110948	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111445	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103110	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117813
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116729	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117692	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117458	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117078
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117644	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117646	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118456	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116235
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128354	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127943	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139382
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127737	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124471	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122431	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119537
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116582	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146902

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease