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: 168384	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114361	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116436	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106015
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109213	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109779	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101636	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116289
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115088	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116171	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115802	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115568
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116096	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116074	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116873	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114619
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125803	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 126355	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 125870	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 137017
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125922	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122683	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120680	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117754
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114812	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 145036

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease