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: 132593	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90493	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92028	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84753
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87778	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88054	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81652	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91560
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90776	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91987	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92046	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91526
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92179	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91809	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92037	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90069
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97990	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98375	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97895	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105844
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98386	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95961	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94557	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92626
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90250	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113858

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease