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: 123940	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83938	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85239	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75632
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78571	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78687	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72832	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84699
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84018	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85154	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85328	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84901
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85499	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85269	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85218	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83442
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87139	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87598	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87255	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94328
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91473	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88950	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87693	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85611
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83556	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106618

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease