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: 176947	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121169	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123476	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112454
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116033	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116463	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107845	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122893
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121853	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122787	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122391	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122070
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122565	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122608	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123592	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121233
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134088	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134616	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134185	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145929
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132988	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129664	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127585	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124720
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121658	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152735

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease