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: 179111	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122397	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124827	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113854
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117437	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117866	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109150	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124276
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123253	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124203	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123698	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123467
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123936	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123907	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124939	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122636
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135886	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136412	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135984	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 147966
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134514	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131121	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129021	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126138
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122921	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 154751

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease