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: 116263	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77920	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79131	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70263
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73021	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73182	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67613	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78842
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78068	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79202	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79525	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78880
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79768	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79306	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79463	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77456
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81045	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81437	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81069	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87848
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85396	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82821	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81676	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79592
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77711	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99874

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease