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: 128244	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86798	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88202	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79761
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82742	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82901	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76698	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87624
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86838	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87995	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88216	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87686
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88487	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88124	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88157	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86340
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91602	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92244	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99391
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94515	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92126	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90746	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88600
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86431	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110199

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease