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: 115690	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77536	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78729	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69880
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72605	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72789	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67269	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78455
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77693	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78838	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79200	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78529
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79392	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78926	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79095	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77075
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80666	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81026	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80658	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87420
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84960	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82421	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81272	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79205
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77338	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99333

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease