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: 141690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97008	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98575	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91039
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93984	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88073	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98885
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97919	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99248	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99188	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98782
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99317	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99121	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99639	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97515
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107700	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115937
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106174	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103659	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101958	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99869
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97349	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121914

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease