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: 127729	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86444	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87842	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78793
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75798	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87245
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86487	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87644	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87824	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87344
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88118	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87774	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87775	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85980
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90509	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91105	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90607	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98061
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94143	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91744	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90380	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88237
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86062	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109878

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease