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: 131111	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89228	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90735	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83560
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86870	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80573	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90223
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89482	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90600	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90741	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90179
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90892	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90555	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90694	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88835
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96964	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96470	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104352
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97018	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94647	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93249	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91116
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88924	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112536

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease