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: 117337	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78624	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79881	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70869
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73637	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73849	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68151	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79586
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78813	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79928	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80289	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79612
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80519	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80100	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80209	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78188
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82108	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81749	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88562
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86196	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83592	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82429	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80317
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78430	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100707

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease