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: 177250	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121370	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123727	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112663
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116249	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116684	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108041	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123127
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122081	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123050	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122612	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122317
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122797	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122817	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123813	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121449
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134392	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134919	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134456	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146263
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133236	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129874	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127800	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124954
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121863	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152993

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease