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: 93647	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62809	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63769	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56916
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59080	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55084	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63635
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63128	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64142	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64575	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63576
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64492	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64421	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64180	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62588
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66093	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65710	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71041
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68943	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66796	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65881	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63911
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62850	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81599

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease