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: 137003	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93612	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87626
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90718	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91002	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84549	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95006
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94186	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95371	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95470	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94879
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95515	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95211	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95592	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93568
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102156	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102369	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101885	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110269
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102077	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99608	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98141	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96001
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93510	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117504

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease