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: 121053	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81589	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73486
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76339	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70696	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82420
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81619	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82754	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83096	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82460
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83236	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82925	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82980	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81152
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84684	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85108	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84763	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91756
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89145	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86539	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85352	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83277
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81249	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103931

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease