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: 177234	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121358	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112648
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116235	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108029	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123118
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122073	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123038	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122601	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122306
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122785	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122806	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123805	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121441
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134367	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134907	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134439	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146244
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133224	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129867	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127788	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124938
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121850	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152983

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease