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: 126098	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85472	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86828	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77558
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80536	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80662	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74635	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86196
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85486	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86612	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86791	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86357
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87047	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86773	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86767	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84993
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89180	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96545
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93017	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90605	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89251	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87166
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85078	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108447

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease