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: 117321	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78615	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79874	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70855
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73625	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68139	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79579
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78805	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79920	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80285	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79603
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80511	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80092	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80198	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78174
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81724	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88551
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86184	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83580	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82419	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80296
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78419	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100694

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease