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: 105670	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70804	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71834	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63856
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66473	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66974	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61779	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71656
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71025	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72171	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72435	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71768
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72563	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72235	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72286	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70651
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73796	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74133	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73752	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80119
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77676	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75418	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74291	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72236
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70613	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91414

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease