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: 98767	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66059	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66953	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59782
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62251	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62681	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57846	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66936
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66376	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67384	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67794	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66956
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67762	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67644	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67470	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65853
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68923	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69343	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69068	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74732
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72507	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70401	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69250	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67306
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65981	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85780

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease