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: 128882	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87356	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88743	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81345
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84356	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84528	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78186	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88198
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87414	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88590	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88754	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88260
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89050	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88665	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88710	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86906
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93444	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94063	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93589	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101260
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95056	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92678	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91301	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89155
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86986	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110678

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease