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: 176007	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120537	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122749	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111819
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115392	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115809	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107198	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122176
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121173	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122038	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121728	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121357
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121904	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121896	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122878	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120487
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133133	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133680	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133269	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144912
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132219	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128933	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126886	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124020
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120969	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151888

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease