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: 119942	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80724	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82025	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72789
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75622	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75807	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69954	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81554
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80758	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81844	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82279	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81579
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82412	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82108	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82176	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80250
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83948	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84307	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83997	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90888
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88215	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85619	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84484	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82368
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80384	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103057

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease