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: 22221	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19711	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19500	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19063
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19004	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19275	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18739	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20063
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19944	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20203	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20066	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19715
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19868	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20048	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19663	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19677
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21854	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21858	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22425
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20441	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20190	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19956	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20037
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19635	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20732

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease