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: 62230	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44432	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44763	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 41067
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 41915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 42796	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 39934	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45300
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44927	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45089	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45370	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44899
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45282	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45359	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45015	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44699
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 46838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 46990	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50325
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 48087	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46932	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46117	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45534
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44385	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54754

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease