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: 140691	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96212	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97719	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90225
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93234	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93657	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87267	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97950
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97016	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98364	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98317	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97884
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98473	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98245	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98665	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96565
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106356	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106426	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114706
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105235	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102783	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101112	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98966
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96392	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120960

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease