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: 141891	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97139	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91207
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94597	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88187	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99015
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98073	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99391	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99341	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98936
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99463	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99252	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99767	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97687
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107686	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107867	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107397	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116120
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106331	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103815	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102103	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100002
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97496	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122065

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease