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: 137173	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93715	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95231	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87724
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90802	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91104	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84632	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95141
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94300	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95503	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95592	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94998
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95644	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95331	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95702	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93685
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102299	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102507	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102014	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110417
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102193	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99741	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98280	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96127
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93639	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117638

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease