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: 165740	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112493	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114642	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104097
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107378	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107980	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100099	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114561
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113482	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114689	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114295	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114084
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114596	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114553	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115294	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113055
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123743	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123680	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134448
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123995	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120754	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118766	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116085
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113151	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142507

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease