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: 128275	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86820	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88234	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79835
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76759	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87655
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86866	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88013	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88239	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87701
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88517	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88145	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88179	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86369
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91693	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92325	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91829	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99477
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94541	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92157	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90768	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88624
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86455	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110225

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease