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: 131427	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89507	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91017	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83826
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86878	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87143	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80794	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90507
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89759	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90907	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91034	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90456
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91178	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90846	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89091
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97251	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96751	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104649
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97306	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94930	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93545	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91435
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89204	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112795

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease