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: 125965	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85365	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86723	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77498
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80462	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80585	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74573	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86105
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85390	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86509	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86687	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86253
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86961	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86672	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86654	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84906
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89117	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89562	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89220	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96481
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92909	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90498	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89166	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87054
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84980	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108323

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease