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: 143954	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98368	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100027	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92167
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95111	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95618	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89101	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100298
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99312	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100642	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100582	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100135
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100686	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100536	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101064	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98904
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108853	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109008	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108633	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117393
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107709	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105238	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103457	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101294
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98713	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123590

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease