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: 114849	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76985	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78174	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69358
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72032	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72236	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66789	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77906
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77160	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78322	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78656	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78035
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78850	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78388	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78534	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76465
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80105	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80377	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80021	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86746
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84367	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81835	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80706	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78597
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76801	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98596

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease