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: 169443	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115220	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117296	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106807
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110102	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110648	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102424	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117078
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115932	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116997	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116624	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116361
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116895	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116873	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117690	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115429
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126793	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127293	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126834	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 138062
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126850	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123549	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121560	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118635
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115659	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 145984

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease