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: 132975	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90817	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92357	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85181
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88197	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88476	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82103	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91895
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91136	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92351	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92388	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91885
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92516	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92147	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92370	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90398
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98583	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98953	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98468	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106484
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98708	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96294	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94919	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92955
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90596	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114166

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease