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: 122890	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83088	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74897
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77790	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77965	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72085	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83857
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83155	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84304	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84553	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84068
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84655	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84429	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84423	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82577
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86674	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86352	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93390
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90647	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88107	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86848	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84786
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82714	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105702

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease