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: 134487	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92071	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93621	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86332
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89386	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89633	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83199	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93228
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92458	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93685	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93785	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93210
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93804	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93421	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93722	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91730
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100258	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100548	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100089	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108213
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100108	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97707	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96311	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94307
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91829	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115344

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease