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: 135565	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92826	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94335	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86966
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90032	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90270	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83816	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94014
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93229	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94449	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94577	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93925
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94566	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94232	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94545	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92529
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101111	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101395	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100863	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109122
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100968	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98519	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97136	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95073
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92611	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116224

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease