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: 176297	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120756	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122980	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112025
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115605	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116032	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107408	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122419
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121439	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122298	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121944	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121599
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122126	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122145	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123135	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120731
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133446	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133996	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133580	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145279
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132474	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129183	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127143	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124258
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121212	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152161

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease