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: 134937	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92388	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86599
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89655	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83462	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93596
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92782	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94014	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94132	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93525
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94139	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93769	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94085	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92087
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100629	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100429	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108586
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100486	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98055	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96649	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94626
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92163	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115668

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease