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: 128920	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87415	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88785	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81406
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84584	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78247	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88235
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87456	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88635	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88790	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88290
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89085	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88705	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88756	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86937
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93501	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94132	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93656	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101331
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95100	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92723	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91321	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89191
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87023	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110711

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease