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: 129329	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87736	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89152	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82081
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85101	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85350	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79023	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88633
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87813	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89036	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89145	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88654
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89444	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89061	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89148	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87307
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94972	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94546	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102207
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95486	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93082	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91706	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89551
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87417	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111072

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease