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: 129586	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87962	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89373	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82512
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85505	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85760	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79449	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88847
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88070	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89297	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89385	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88872
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89640	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89293	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89369	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87521
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95482	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95059	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102778
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95691	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93310	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91932	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89768
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87626	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111259

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease