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: 129048	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88896	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81703
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84711	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84939	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78619	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88355
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87566	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88766	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88899	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88408
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89201	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88820	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88877	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87051
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93898	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94504	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94034	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101684
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95218	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92836	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91428	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89296
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87142	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110836

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease