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: 132661	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90570	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92087	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84821
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81747	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91630
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90857	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92056	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92115	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91592
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92250	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91894	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92113	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90148
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98100	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98496	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97999	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105966
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98448	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96033	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94644	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92692
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90322	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113916

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease