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: 128087	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86673	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88075	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78880
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81844	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82002	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75870	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87491
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86712	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87867	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88075	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87549
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88357	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88012	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88019	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86222
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90696	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91305	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90815	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98290
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94395	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91990	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90634	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88489
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86304	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110081

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease