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: 176351	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120795	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123033	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112063
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115642	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116062	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107452	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122470
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121491	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122348	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121983	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121636
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122169	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122184	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123169	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120778
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133507	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134056	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133625	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145340
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132519	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129221	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127174	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124292
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121249	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152205

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease