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: 167356	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113525	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115753	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105169
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108496	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109075	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100940	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115496
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114410	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115544	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115177	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114935
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115459	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115436	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116201	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113991
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124964	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125430	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124921	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135945
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125152	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121854	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119816	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117089
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114099	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 144100

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease