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: 170593	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116335	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107734
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111083	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111588	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103243	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117943
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116871	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117831	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117587	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117207
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117776	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117775	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118594	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116369
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128006	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128503	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128084	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139530
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127877	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124605	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122559	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119674
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116710	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147024

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease