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: 22242	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19728	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19518	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19079
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19020	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19289	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18755	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20075
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19966	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20217	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20084	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19728
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19882	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20069	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19678	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19695
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21878	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22171	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22449
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20456	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20205	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19975	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20053
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19656	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20765

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease