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: 140416	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96020	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90029
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93046	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93453	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87053	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97738
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96806	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98152	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98104	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97668
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98249	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97987	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98416	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96363
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106046	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106119	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105630	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114370
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104991	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102542	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100879	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98760
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96164	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120713

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease