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: 119840	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80639	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81946	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72698
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75530	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69881	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81473
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80681	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81761	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82190	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81482
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82341	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82020	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82089	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80167
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83847	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84218	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83900	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90790
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88136	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85540	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84401	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82285
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80314	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102954

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease