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: 126465	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85730	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87083	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77641
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80616	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80750	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74725	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86467
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85755	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86872	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87036	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86614
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87294	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87030	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87024	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85261
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89287	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89398	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96642
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93278	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90878	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89538	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87407
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85337	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108803

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease