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: 98305	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65737	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66655	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59522
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61914	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57628	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66586
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66088	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67057	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67460	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66624
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67462	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67345	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67173	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65561
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68575	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69052	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68723	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74380
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72182	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70027	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68956	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66914
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65695	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85451

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease