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: 128124	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86696	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88099	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79035
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81988	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82177	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76023	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87522
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86738	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87897	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88107	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87574
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88378	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88036	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88056	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86244
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90876	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91474	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90994	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98483
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94413	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92011	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90655	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88512
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86326	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110100

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease