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: 163358	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110678	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102374
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105660	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106255	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98479	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112926
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111802	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113019	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112699	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112441
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112917	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112848	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113575	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111376
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121707	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121636	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132140
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122034	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118857	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116869	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114242
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111322	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 140388

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease