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: 128272	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86817	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88234	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79832
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82814	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76757	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87654
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86863	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88012	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88238	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87701
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88515	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88144	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88177	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86367
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91686	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92322	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91825	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99473
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94536	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92156	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90766	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88624
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86454	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110222

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease