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: 176183	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120664	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122883	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111947
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115523	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107334	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122331
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121336	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122200	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121863	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121510
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122041	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122049	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123039	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120630
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133314	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133880	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133456	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145148
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132383	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129077	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127050	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124162
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121111	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152047

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease