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: 170736	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116463	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118455	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107841
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111217	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111682	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103343	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118062
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116979	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117927	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117691	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117278
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117864	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117871	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118707	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116461
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128161	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128633	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128211	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139695
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127991	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124726	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122682	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119809
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116826	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147133

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease