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: 132224	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90170	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91680	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84476
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87481	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87781	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81368	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91192
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90434	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91605	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91738	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91163
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91840	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91492	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91671	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89729
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97570	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97946	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97495	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105416
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98044	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95643	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94214	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92191
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89893	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113553

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease