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: 130365	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88606	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90081	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83037
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86069	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86328	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80064	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89556
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88783	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89999	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90070	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89541
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90275	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89929	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90047	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88194
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95772	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96230	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95773	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103615
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96375	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93986	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92617	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90461
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88281	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111952

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease