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: 130867	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89018	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90519	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83369
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86424	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86682	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80403	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89996
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89234	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90394	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90514	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89974
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90658	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90345	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90489	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88614
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96254	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96246	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104098
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96810	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94418	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93032	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90909
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88711	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112319

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease