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: 148858	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101539	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103314	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95151
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98347	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98779	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91990	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103510
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102523	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103895	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103751	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103363
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103881	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103750	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104179	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102043
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112471	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112342	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121538
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111354	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108781	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107016	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104569
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101963	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128091

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease