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: 14500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13494	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13156	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13054
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13014	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13158	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12927	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13667
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13650	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13711	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13697	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13438
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13514	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13498	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13304	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13128
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15080	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14858	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15010
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13775	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13650	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13427	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13479
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13261	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13577

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease