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: 87833	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59353	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60141	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 53772
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55957	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56489	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 52249	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60034
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59453	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60592	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60927	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60045
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60835	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60787	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60615	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59014
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62072	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62593	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62232	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67059
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65017	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62959	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62194	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 60295
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59464	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76784

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease