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: 176586	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120949	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123211	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112227
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116214	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107611	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122636
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121659	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122522	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122166	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121830
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122331	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122359	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123347	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120986
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133761	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134319	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145613
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132724	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129416	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127356	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124480
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121428	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152433

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease