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: 129416	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87803	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89215	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82214
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85240	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85477	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79152	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88709
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87896	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89119	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89234	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88727
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89504	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89135	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89221	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87372
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94612	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95141	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94702	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102372
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95555	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93154	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91785	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89626
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87484	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111136

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease