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: 124185	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84150	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85415	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75817
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78749	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78881	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73000	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84908
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84206	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85325	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85534	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85095
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85693	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85451	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85400	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83637
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87334	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87822	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87482	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94555
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91671	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89149	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87890	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85819
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83743	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106801

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease