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: 178718	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122151	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124593	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113592
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117167	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117602	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108897	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124018
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122993	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123956	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123472	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123200
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123694	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123677	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124702	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122352
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135544	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136093	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135643	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 147581
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134221	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130860	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128754	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125852
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122680	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 154347

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease