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: 137204	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93733	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95246	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87743
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90826	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84647	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95162
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94327	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95526	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95609	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95024
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95667	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95357	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95722	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93711
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102320	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102535	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102034	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110447
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102223	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99767	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98302	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96151
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93649	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117676

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease