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: 175625	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120316	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122492	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111566
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115553	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106932	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121919
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120880	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121766	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121485	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121075
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121634	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121642	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122587	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120240
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132789	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133350	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132948	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144537
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131951	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128655	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126626	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123767
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120716	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151513

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease