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: 142016	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97232	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98845	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91258
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94180	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94660	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88239	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99111
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98180	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99480	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99437	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99034
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99561	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99354	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99881	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97782
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107942	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107490	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116208
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106420	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103922	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102189	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100081
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97579	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122166

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease