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: 178057	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121773	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124164	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113116
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116706	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117161	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108485	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123596
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122555	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123525	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123067	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122781
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123256	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123243	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124267	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121895
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134950	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135501	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135071	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146931
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133736	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130404	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128299	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125441
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122301	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 153662

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease