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: 132413	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90340	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91863	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84636
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87652	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87939	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81517	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91360
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90595	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91798	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91894	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91332
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92007	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91649	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91846	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89894
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97789	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97698	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105650
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98213	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95806	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94387	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92394
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90079	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113714

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease