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: 122463	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82733	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84029	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74518
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77443	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77604	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71734	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83521
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82760	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83930	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84178	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83676
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84298	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84068	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84045	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82210
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85802	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85931	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92996
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90258	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87694	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86453	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84413
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82355	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105241

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease