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: 115494	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77420	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78625	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69760
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72479	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72660	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67150	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78349
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77587	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78738	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79097	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78425
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79285	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78826	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78986	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76945
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80552	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80913	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80517	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87268
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84844	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82287	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81160	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79064
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77223	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99187

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease