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: 137113	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93680	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95197	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87691
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90780	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91061	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84609	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95082
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94256	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95451	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95553	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94957
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95595	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95284	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95661	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93645
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102236	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102450	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101966	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110364
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102146	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99696	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98234	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96088
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93586	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117593

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease