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: 114582	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76835	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78038	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69229
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71919	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72125	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66681	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77770
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77009	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78151	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78495	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77896
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78689	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78227	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78375	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76315
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79939	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80237	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79868	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86581
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84229	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81684	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80550	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78422
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76661	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98455

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease