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: 178565	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122052	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124489	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113498
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117056	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117508	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108804	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123930
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122883	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123873	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123375	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123113
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123598	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123588	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124606	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122260
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135396	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135953	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 135509	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 147433
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134123	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130754	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128661	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125749
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122601	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 154203

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease