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: 130895	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89049	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83383
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86443	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86703	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80422	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90026
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89260	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90420	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90550	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90000
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90696	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90368	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90513	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88644
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96768	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96273	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104138
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96838	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94449	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93072	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90939
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88737	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112346

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease