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: 118970	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79929	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81232	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72004
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74997	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69254	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80787
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80030	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81128	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81477	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80784
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81683	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81347	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81403	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79454
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83107	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83462	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83136	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89997
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87404	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84788	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83678	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81611
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79640	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102108

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease