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: 118573	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79611	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80901	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71713
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74549	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68982	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80508
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79746	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80840	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81181	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80479
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81412	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81064	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81119	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79162
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82758	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83155	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82807	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89655
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87086	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84503	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83383	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81264
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79363	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101737

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease