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: 130803	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88958	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90444	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83331
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86389	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86650	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80365	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89932
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89164	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90335	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90460	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89911
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90602	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90289	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90440	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88556
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96190	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96679	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104024
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96760	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94363	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92969	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90845
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88652	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112276

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease