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: 129564	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87943	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89358	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82492
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85492	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85747	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79440	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88836
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88057	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89279	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89375	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88853
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89625	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89279	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89354	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87506
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94971	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95455	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95031	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102739
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95677	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93299	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91921	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89758
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87604	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111248

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease