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: 98790	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66086	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59793
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62281	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62696	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57864	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66957
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66397	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67405	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67818	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66981
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67783	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67664	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67496	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65877
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68949	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69367	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69095	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74753
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72536	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70415	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69276	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67335
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66007	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85801

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease