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: 132414	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90347	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91869	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84641
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87655	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87943	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81522	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91366
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90600	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91803	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91896	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91335
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92013	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91653	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91850	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89901
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97793	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98192	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97701	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105653
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98218	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95809	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94393	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92397
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90084	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113718

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease