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: 173214	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118605	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120694	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109942
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113422	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113809	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105371	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120202
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119139	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120083	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119821	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119473
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120032	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119994	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120852	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118550
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130507	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130542	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142118
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130221	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126915	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124850	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121998
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119042	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149448

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease