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: 159135	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107733	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109753	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100613
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103929	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104450	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97017	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109931
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108862	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110178	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109903	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109633
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110144	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110044	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110654	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108421
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119533	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119828	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119436	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129680
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118808	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115720	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113815	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111174
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108374	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137621

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease