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: 154237	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104591	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106538	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98430
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101724	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102245	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94993	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106664
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105680	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106968	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106764	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106378
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106998	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106838	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107369	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105218
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116477	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116722	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116327	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126137
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115147	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112277	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110454	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107834
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105224	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133250

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease