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: 129648	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88016	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89429	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82551
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85558	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85807	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79501	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88905
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88129	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89354	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89437	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88929
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89693	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89361	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89411	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87566
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95562	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95146	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102862
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95748	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93363	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91994	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89835
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87683	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111300

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease