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: 132272	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90219	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91727	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84505
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87816	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81398	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91238
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90481	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91654	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91781	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91215
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91887	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91529	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91715	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89780
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97610	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97991	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97533	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105457
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98095	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95684	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94264	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92241
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89948	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113604

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease