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: 133721	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91437	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93005	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85808
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88843	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89096	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82689	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92569
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91830	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93034	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93105	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92533
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93175	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92793	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93041	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91107
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99471	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99803	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99318	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107439
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99414	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97000	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95636	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93610
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91230	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114718

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease