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: 159023	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107667	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109675	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100561
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103878	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104394	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96958	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109870
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108790	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110121	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109848	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109593
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110092	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109985	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110605	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108359
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119442	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119758	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119359	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129575
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118737	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115659	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113743	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111113
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108317	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137546

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease