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: 143365	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98044	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99728	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91847
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94789	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95281	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88810	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100011
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99019	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100303	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100257	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99846
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100386	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100214	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100744	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98595
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108525	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108281	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117045
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107358	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104862	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103119	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100952
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98411	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123048

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease