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: 128652	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87167	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88550	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80902
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83906	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84038	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77729	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87966
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87175	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88379	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88570	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88059
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88846	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88488	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88519	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86684
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92862	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93533	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93068	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100739
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94868	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92497	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91103	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88969
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86791	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110511

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease