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: 140755	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96260	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97773	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90281
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93283	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93718	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87327	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98006
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97082	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98419	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98371	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97957
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98541	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98310	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98738	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96622
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106452	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106059	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114793
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105296	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102844	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101175	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99029
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96456	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121034

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease