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: 97713	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65314	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66255	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59180
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61518	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62057	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57265	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66179
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65700	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66666	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67024	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66192
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67029	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66931	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66758	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65132
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68619	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68279	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73918
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71727	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69576	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68546	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66473
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65307	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84961

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease