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: 138898	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96412	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88858
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92275	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85812	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96446
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95571	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96857	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96886	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96319
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96985	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96641	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97049	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95027
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104168	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104244	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103859	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112472
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103629	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101205	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99621	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97463
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94924	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119211

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease