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: 122380	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82656	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83970	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74460
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77367	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77546	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71660	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83451
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82694	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83852	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84108	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83616
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84233	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83993	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83981	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82129
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85735	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86211	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85860	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92919
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90202	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87626	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86384	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84360
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82296	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105150

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease