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: 177153	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121296	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123637	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112578
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116171	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116597	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107965	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123038
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122009	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122959	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122540	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122235
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122725	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122748	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123747	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121376
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134281	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134810	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134363	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146135
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133160	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129796	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127716	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124859
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121795	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152913

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease