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: 134618	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92181	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93714	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86415
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89465	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89717	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83280	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93358
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92561	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93787	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93903	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93317
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93906	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93539	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93833	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91844
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100380	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100665	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100191	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108323
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100213	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97825	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96415	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94404
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91932	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115427

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease