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: 135116	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92526	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86710
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89783	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90041	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83577	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93733
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92939	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94152	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94283	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93654
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94258	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93914	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94223	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92213
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100765	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101070	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100559	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108753
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100656	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98191	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96794	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94776
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92308	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115807

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease