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: 155376	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105163	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107145	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99039
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102352	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102893	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95565	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107332
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106283	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107557	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107360	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107063
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107624	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107468	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108061	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105832
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117248	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117506	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117133	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127063
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115914	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112976	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111131	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108473
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105824	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134313

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease