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: 133816	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91541	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93092	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85901
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88923	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89186	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82772	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92667
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91916	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93120	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93195	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92624
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93266	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92891	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93152	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91195
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99588	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99910	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99438	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107557
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99517	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97102	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95743	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93715
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91310	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114786

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease