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: 118197	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79339	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71469
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74290	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74441	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68748	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80240
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79505	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80583	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80935	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80226
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81152	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80785	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80859	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78895
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82476	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82868	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82502	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89364
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86838	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84219	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83126	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80994
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79095	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101437

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease