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: 176707	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121028	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123308	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112320
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115900	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116293	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107688	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122723
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121722	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122609	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122238	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121906
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122406	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122442	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123427	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121076
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133885	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134438	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133973	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145728
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132804	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129501	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127444	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124549
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121513	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152525

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease