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: 97565	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65202	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66153	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59105
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61420	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57185	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66070
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65594	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66550	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66911	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66081
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66922	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66647	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65035
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68016	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68520	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68157	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73798
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71619	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69449	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68426	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66366
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65190	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84832

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease