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: 132226	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90173	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91682	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84479
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87483	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87782	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81368	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91193
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90436	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91606	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91739	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91164
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91842	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91493	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91674	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89732
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97572	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97947	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97495	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105417
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98045	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95643	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94215	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92195
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89896	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113555

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease