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: 153074	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103985	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105927	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97737
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101062	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101577	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94420	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106062
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105060	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106364	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106174	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105763
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106384	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106260	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106754	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104576
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115737	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115998	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115545	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125222
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114389	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111610	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109752	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107198
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104572	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132176

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease