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: 98342	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65776	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59544
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61946	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62456	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57641	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66607
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66100	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67073	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67493	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66646
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67485	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67363	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67189	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65592
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68599	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69071	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68748	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74400
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72210	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70061	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68978	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66940
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65711	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85479

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease