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: 134124	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91790	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93341	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86114
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89163	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89396	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82993	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92946
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92175	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93406	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93470	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92918
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93529	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93156	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93440	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91462
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99905	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100222	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107873
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99800	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97411	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96032	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94007
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91563	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115071

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease