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: 164965	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112039	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114157	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103648
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106931	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107511	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99741	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114095
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113090	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114287	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113923	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113724
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114213	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114142	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114929	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112654
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123217	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123640	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123184	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133804
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123467	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120247	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118273	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115613
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112695	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141830

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease