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: 130821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88975	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90470	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83341
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86404	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86658	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80374	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89953
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89185	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90358	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90472	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89931
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90619	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90306	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90459	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88570
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96213	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96697	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96208	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104051
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96775	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94378	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92986	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90862
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88669	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112286

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease