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: 160308	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108552	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110598	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101017
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104324	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104852	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97365	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110738
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109677	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110991	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110654	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110399
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110908	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110828	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111492	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109238
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120054	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120389	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119968	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130230
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119677	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116523	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114642	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111999
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109176	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 138364

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease