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: 99052	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66282	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67173	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59953
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62443	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62876	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58020	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67174
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66589	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67633	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68017	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67195
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67984	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67865	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67698	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66073
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69147	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69578	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74991
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72753	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70605	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69479	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67534
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66185	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86000

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease