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: 115083	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77155	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78340	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69511
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72203	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72397	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66924	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78088
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77349	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78492	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78849	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78190
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79021	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78564	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78723	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80277	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80583	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80227	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86939
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84547	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82021	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80887	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78776
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76973	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98792

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease