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: 133734	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91442	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93019	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85819
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88853	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82696	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92577
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91837	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93046	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93113	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92546
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93184	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92803	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93050	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91112
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99481	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99330	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107449
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99423	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97011	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95644	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93626
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91239	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114725

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease