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: 114956	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77078	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78260	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69444
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72121	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72313	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66854	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77993
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77251	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78408	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78758	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78124
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78941	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78490	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78625	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76569
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80198	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80488	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80137	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86858
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84451	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81935	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80797	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78685
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76897	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98694

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease