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: 128938	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87436	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88807	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81460
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84475	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78332	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88256
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87479	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88663	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88808	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88307
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89107	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88738	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88786	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86976
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93581	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94227	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93731	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101395
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95134	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92753	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91348	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89210
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87055	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110740

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease