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: 172724	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118161	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120183	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109514
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112938	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113387	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104962	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119758
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118657	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119621	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119381	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118993
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119571	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119561	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120404	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118125
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129981	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130402	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130067	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 141592
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129758	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126463	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124418	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121530
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118578	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149026

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease