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: 56891	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41024	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41223	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 38443
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 38770	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 39669	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 37053	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41809
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41643	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41656	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41958	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41399
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41760	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41862	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41523	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41318
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 43464	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 43529	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 43958	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 46526
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44260	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 43242	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 42524	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 41951
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 40902	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 50270

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease