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: 122398	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82673	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83983	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74469
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77376	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77556	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71676	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83463
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82708	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83869	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84123	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83625
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84247	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84012	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82150
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85747	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86226	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85870	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92941
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90209	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87644	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86401	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84371
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82305	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105170

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease