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: 122551	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82800	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84100	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74605
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77509	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71799	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83588
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82828	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83995	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84242	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83754
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84369	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84127	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84112	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82292
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85881	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86342	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86009	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93062
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90319	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87770	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86534	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84483
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82416	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105310

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease