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: 132893	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90755	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92283	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85104
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88124	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88395	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82010	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91825
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91049	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92287	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92310	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91794
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92445	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92069	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92296	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90323
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98461	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106367
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98619	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96210	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94851	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92891
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90517	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114098

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease