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: 98994	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66240	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67127	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59922
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62402	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62842	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57986	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67132
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66551	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67579	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67967	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67149
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67948	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67826	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67648	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66022
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69108	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69542	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69259	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74947
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72700	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70560	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69436	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67491
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66142	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85953

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease