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: 114628	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76871	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78070	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69269
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71948	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72159	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66709	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77801
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77045	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78194	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78531	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77929
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78720	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78265	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78410	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76343
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79985	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80281	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79917	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86628
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84256	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81727	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80581	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78453
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76690	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98485

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease