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: 140092	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95818	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97302	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89806
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92828	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93242	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86786	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97469
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96551	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97890	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97843	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97403
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98009	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97709	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98144	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96101
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105626	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105765	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113988
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104718	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102295	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100642	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98501
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95936	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120397

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease