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: 130613	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88800	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90260	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83238
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86277	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86539	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80249	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89770
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88985	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90188	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90289	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89756
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90452	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90131	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90259	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88400
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96022	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96501	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96025	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103869
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96613	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94185	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92824	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90676
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88496	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112153

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease