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: 175909	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120478	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122678	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111747
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115336	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115745	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107143	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122107
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121114	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121974	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121668	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121289
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121837	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121831	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122801	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120428
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133041	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133596	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133188	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144819
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132149	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128858	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126823	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123959
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120900	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151780

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease