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: 163707	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110920	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112985	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102553
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106421	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98629	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113134
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111999	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113212	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112860	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112631
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113109	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113055	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113774	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111559
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121909	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121842	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132392
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122273	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119108	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117108	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114468
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111583	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 140644

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease