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: 130575	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88766	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90235	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83179
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86226	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86486	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80204	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89734
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88953	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90154	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90248	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89707
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90424	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90101	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90229	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88366
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95953	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96431	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95953	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103801
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96570	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94144	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92796	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90632
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88460	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112111

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease