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: 136414	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93272	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94807	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87360
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90456	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90723	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84244	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94590
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93816	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95009	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95110	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94511
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95132	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94787	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95187	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93153
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101985	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101475	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109813
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101630	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99140	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97730	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95622
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93129	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116994

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease