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: 130605	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88792	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90254	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83220
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86265	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86526	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80243	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89758
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88978	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90182	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90280	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89747
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90447	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90125	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90250	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88390
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96008	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96486	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103855
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96603	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94178	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92817	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90661
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88488	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112148

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease