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: 126557	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85790	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87157	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77801
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80770	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80899	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74880	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86542
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85822	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86936	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87111	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86688
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87368	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87092	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87103	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85334
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89442	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89929	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89555	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96814
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93355	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90957	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89608	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87486
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85414	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108874

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease