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: 176541	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120915	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123170	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112185
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115773	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116174	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107577	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122600
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121636	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122490	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122129	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121793
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122301	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122327	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123317	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120944
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133701	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133811	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145551
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132676	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129387	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127325	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124446
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121394	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152394

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease