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: 164064	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111171	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113266	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102825
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106701	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98894	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113339
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112255	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113462	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113114	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112900
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113369	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113299	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114054	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111799
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122182	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132782
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122583	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119393	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117400	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114738
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111851	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 140949

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease