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: 99474	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66589	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67507	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60198
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62699	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63137	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58279	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67483
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66893	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67981	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68314	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67521
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68292	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68145	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66389
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69474	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69874	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69565	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75366
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73087	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70949	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69779	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67871
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66488	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86336

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease