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: 121556	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81993	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83276	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73879
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76736	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76938	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71075	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82823
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82021	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83207	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83475	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82879
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83637	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83340	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83366	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81528
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85545	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92206
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89559	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86965	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85767	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83719
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81669	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104422

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease