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: 124479	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84422	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85688	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76051
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78989	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79127	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73252	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85161
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84454	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85563	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85787	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85331
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85943	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85679	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85684	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83894
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87609	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88079	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87731	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94852
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91891	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89428	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88165	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86077
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84003	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107064

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease