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: 172966	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118383	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120447	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109730
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113174	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113586	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105168	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119994
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118898	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119861	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119604	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119226
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119807	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119775	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120619	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118351
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130224	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130643	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130286	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 141840
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129990	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126702	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124639	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121764
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118806	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149236

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease