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: 146549	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100077	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93801
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96918	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97350	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90724	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102058
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101083	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102400	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102283	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101918
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102450	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102294	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102747	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100597
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110750	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110975	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110675	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119609
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109737	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107176	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105386	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103066
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100507	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126010

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease