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: 128406	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86941	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88351	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80238
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83230	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83357	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77116	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87762
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86949	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88133	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88357	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87835
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88636	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88271	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88299	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86477
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92129	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92301	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99947
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94645	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92281	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90881	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88732
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86560	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110347

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease