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: 140662	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96189	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97704	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90206
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93211	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93633	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87248	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97935
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96993	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98335	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98298	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97863
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98444	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98207	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98638	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96534
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106329	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106399	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105932	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114670
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105205	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102750	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101083	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98944
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96368	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120932

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease