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: 97177	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64966	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65895	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58884
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56960	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65788
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65330	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66286	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66688	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65814
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66669	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66573	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66390	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64785
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67758	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68251	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67892	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73487
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71336	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69172	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68179	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66086
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64919	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84519

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease