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: 177356	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121433	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123793	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112722
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116320	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116747	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108100	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123180
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122141	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123112	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122675	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122366
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122855	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122882	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123880	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121509
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134461	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134991	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134538	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146340
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133307	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129953	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127865	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125021
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121926	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 153080

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease