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: 22621	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19938	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19721	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19259
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19230	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19501	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18930	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20287
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20156	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20435	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20311	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19942
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20099	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20288	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19905	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19905
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22117	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22416	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22696
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20700	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20437	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20224	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20286
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19869	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21071

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease