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: 176227	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111972
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115544	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115985	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107359	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122363
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121381	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122233	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121895	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121543
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122064	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122074	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123068	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120671
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133356	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133491	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145192
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132416	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129109	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127075	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124193
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121145	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152094

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease