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: 134115	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91781	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93335	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86108
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89152	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89388	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82985	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92935
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92168	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93398	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93467	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92906
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93523	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93152	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93435	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91450
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99890	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100213	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99754	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107863
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99793	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97405	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96021	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94001
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91557	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115067

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease