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: 132646	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90553	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92075	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84810
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87826	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88102	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81720	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91614
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90841	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92039	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92095	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91578
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92230	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91868	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92093	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90133
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98472	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97977	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105943
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98436	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96021	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94618	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92681
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90305	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113908

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease