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: 135548	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92817	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94311	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86955
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90026	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90262	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83802	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94007
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93221	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94436	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94563	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93914
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94549	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94218	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94532	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92511
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101090	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101374	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100846	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109106
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100948	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98500	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97125	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95059
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92598	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116208

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease