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: 125358	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85026	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86331	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76797
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79744	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79877	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73923	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85750
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85041	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86176	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86345	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85902
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86589	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86312	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86293	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84531
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88396	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88864	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88489	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95678
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92528	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90099	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88804	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86684
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84623	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107843

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease