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: 149417	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101865	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103649	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95498
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98690	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99156	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92329	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103872
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102832	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104232	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104070	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103674
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104182	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104087	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104523	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102394
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112929	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113172	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112801	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122037
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111735	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109159	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107390	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104907
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102273	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128630

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease