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: 129546	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87923	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89340	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82475
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85733	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79419	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88813
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88030	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89257	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89358	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88837
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89606	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89250	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89339	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87485
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94946	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95431	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95006	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102700
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95663	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93278	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91904	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89734
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87584	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111224

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease