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: 147682	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100820	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102558	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94483
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97608	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98063	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91400	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102794
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101810	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103129	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103004	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102630
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103180	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103488	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101323
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111633	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111878	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111503	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120538
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110515	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107998	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106201	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103785
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101264	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126994

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease