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: 117347	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78638	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79900	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70884
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73647	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68157	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79603
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78825	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79943	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80308	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79629
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80538	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80115	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80221	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78202
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82121	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88575
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86209	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83605	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82440	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80332
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78438	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100725

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease