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: 128055	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86645	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88052	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78847
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81812	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81978	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75847	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87454
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86683	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87843	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88051	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87521
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88320	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87987	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87986	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86191
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90660	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91265	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90774	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98243
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94364	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91961	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90596	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88462
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86279	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110053

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease