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: 129374	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87767	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89184	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82134
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85161	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85412	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79085	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88671
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87853	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89079	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89187	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88698
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89474	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89097	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89181	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87336
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94512	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95041	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102277
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95518	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93125	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91756	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89592
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87447	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111105

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease