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: 176557	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120927	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112203
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115789	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116187	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107596	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122614
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121643	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122502	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122148	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121808
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122312	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122340	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123331	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120965
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133732	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145580
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132702	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129398	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127328	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124462
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121407	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152409

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease