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: 10736	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10075	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9790	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9675
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9643	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9689	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9526	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10218
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10170	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10236	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10262	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10053
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10057	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9926	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9744
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11318	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11140	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11225
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10287	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10111	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9960	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10048
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9876	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9932

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease