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: 97554	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65193	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66143	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59100
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61417	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61958	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57180	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66065
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65590	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66545	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66908	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66075
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66918	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66830	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66643	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65030
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68006	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68510	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68149	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73781
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71608	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69443	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68423	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66358
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65185	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84822

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease