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: 177140	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121287	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123623	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112566
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116158	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116588	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107960	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123032
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121998	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122942	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122530	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122223
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122709	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122737	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123744	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121364
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134267	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134798	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134349	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146122
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133144	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129790	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127708	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124848
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121785	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152901

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease