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: 149125	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101721	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103489	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95321
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98521	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98940	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92149	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103710
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102686	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104076	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103919	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103518
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104050	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103934	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104361	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102221
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112704	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112928	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112579	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121776
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111549	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108980	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107198	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104737
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102121	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128378

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease