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: 124900	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84750	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86028	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76519
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79448	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79592	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73674	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85481
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84766	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85901	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86089	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85660
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86318	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86028	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85997	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84256
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88101	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95347
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92236	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89803	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88516	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86443
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84347	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107454

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease