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: 130595	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88784	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83207
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86249	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80230	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89750
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88973	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90166	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90269	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89728
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90439	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90115	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90246	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88381
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95984	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96465	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95987	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103834
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96585	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94164	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92809	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90646
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88474	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112139

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease