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: 157404	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106563	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108638	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99846
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103108	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103625	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96276	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108787
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107789	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109080	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108828	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108580
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109092	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108975	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109584	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107360
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118427	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118689	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118292	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128367
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117537	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114536	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112643	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109972
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107218	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 136174

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease