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: 166619	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112990	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104651
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107913	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108511	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100496	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114993
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113928	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115069	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114738	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114493
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115017	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114973	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115711	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113495
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124369	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124778	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124303	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135219
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124574	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121300	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119298	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116599
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113631	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 143368

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease