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: 139048	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94990	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96487	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88937
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92029	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92363	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85909	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96548
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95659	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96952	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96982	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96425
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97099	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96747	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97155	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95147
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104316	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104378	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104008	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112611
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103733	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101313	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99707	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97561
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95024	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119321

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease