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: 174795	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119728	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121893	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110984
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114542	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114974	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106385	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121306
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120296	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121225	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120955	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120512
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121096	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121101	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122007	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119663
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132086	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132573	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132169	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 143726
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131360	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128098	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126045	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123198
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120139	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150778

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease