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: 140374	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95988	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97497	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89986
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93012	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93422	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87007	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97697
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96772	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98120	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98078	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97642
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98216	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97948	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98382	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96325
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106054	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105571	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114315
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104951	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102508	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100839	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98712
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96132	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120667

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease