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: 147328	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100560	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102341	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94270
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97393	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97851	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91189	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102566
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101601	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102882	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102795	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102387
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102943	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102775	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103238	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101102
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111364	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111592	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120254
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110266	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107750	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105935	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103572
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101050	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126694

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease