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: 8727	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8117	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7782
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7748	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7615	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8244
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8197	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8245	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8245	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8049
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8102	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8054	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7936	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7771
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9196	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9061	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9251	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9111
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8327	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8107	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8011	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8082
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7939	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8001

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease