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: 140470	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96054	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97560	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90066
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93077	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93495	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87085	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97781
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96850	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98183	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98137	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97704
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98284	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98033	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98461	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96393
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105688	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114431
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105028	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102577	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100900	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98802
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96199	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120761

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease