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: 132579	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90479	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84736
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87768	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88035	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81637	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91543
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90764	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91970	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92031	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91507
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92160	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91795	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92009	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90053
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97966	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98350	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97872	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105823
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98364	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95946	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94543	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92602
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90241	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113845

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease