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: 117429	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78716	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79970	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70937
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73710	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73932	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68214	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79668
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78912	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80020	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80383	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79684
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80616	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80184	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80290	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78289
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81817	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82219	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81856	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88663
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86274	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83675	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82521	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80412
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78506	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100783

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease