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: 146211	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99867	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101578	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93598
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96694	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97141	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90497	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101790
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100818	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102169	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102063	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101665
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102184	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102078	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102523	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100363
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110501	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110679	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110386	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119275
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109457	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106901	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105103	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102819
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100271	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125703

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease