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: 146720	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100176	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101950	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93900
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97034	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97461	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90817	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102165
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101197	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102511	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102392	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102023
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102554	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102391	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102867	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100697
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110890	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111135	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110810	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119749
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109875	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107315	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105512	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103171
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100617	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126152

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease