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: 180055	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122956	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125421	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114512
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118043	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118503	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109711	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124870
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123866	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124763	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124331	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124076
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124534	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124543	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125554	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123237
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136655	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137232	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136773	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 148891
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 135179	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131822	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129692	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126743
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123495	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 155652

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease