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: 177324	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121414	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123772	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112704
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116301	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116731	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108085	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123160
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122121	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123088	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122651	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122346
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122837	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122862	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123857	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121482
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134971	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134518	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146317
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133284	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129923	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127845	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124998
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121903	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 153053

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease