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: 130642	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88828	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90290	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83258
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86295	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86569	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80271	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89798
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89021	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90208	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90323	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89776
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90479	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90166	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90290	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88427
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96048	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96535	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96056	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103905
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96652	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94218	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92854	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90702
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88521	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112180

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease