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: 132671	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90579	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92097	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84827
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87850	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88120	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81752	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91632
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90860	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92059	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92120	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91597
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92253	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91899	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92121	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90153
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98105	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98507	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98009	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105972
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98451	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96038	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94649	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92703
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90330	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113921

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease