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: 21738	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19328	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19114	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18715
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18635	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18936	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18396	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19653
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19570	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19800	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19672	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19338
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19482	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19541	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19290	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19282
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21432	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21413	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21665	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21980
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20013	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19762	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19554	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19599
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19274	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20275

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease