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: 130873	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89030	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90523	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83375
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86427	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86691	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80410	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90007
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89246	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90405	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90526	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89980
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90673	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90354	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90494	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88624
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96268	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96750	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: 104110
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96819	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94428	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93039	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90914
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88716	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112329

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease