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: 135715	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92924	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94435	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87037
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90112	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90368	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83889	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94122
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93326	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94562	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94664	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94031
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94668	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94324	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94659	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101246	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101523	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100977	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109269
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101083	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98621	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97249	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95183
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92710	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116354

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease