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: 114432	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76729	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77922	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69128
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72020	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66595	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77655
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76889	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78028	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78392	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77791
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78574	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78109	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78247	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76187
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79807	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80117	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86421
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84110	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81553	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80424	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78292
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76537	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98352

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease