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: 98223	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65675	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66605	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59483
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61858	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57579	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66533
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66048	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67001	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67415	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66560
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67422	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67296	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67114	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65509
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68515	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69010	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68674	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74336
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72128	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69975	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68901	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66826
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65652	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85394

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease