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: 177125	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121278	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123611	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112557
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116147	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116576	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107947	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123017
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121989	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122935	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122524	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122208
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122701	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122723	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123731	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121352
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134250	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134780	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134334	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 146101
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 133133	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129774	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127700	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124836
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121776	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152886

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease