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: 131382	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89471	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90979	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83788
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86848	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87113	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80759	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90469
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89730	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90869	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90995	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90429
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91152	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90821	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90962	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89062
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96812	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96721	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104612
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97277	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94886	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93503	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91398
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89170	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112768

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease