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: 177248	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121368	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123725	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112663
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116683	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108040	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123126
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122080	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123050	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122611	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122315
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122795	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122817	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123812	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121449
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134389	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134915	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146260
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133235	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129874	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127799	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124954
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121862	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152991

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease