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: 141698	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97017	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98579	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91045
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94478	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88076	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98891
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97929	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99253	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99195	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98789
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99329	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99125	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99647	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97526
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107520	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107708	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115947
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106184	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103678	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101965	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99874
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97357	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121922

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease