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: 179435	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122579	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125037	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114062
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117650	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118078	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109346	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124472
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123448	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124390	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123909	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123693
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124122	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124122	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125154	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122840
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136137	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136682	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 136249	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 148272
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134725	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131351	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129251	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126323
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123101	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 155038

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease