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: 130503	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88716	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90173	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83147
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86169	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86431	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80155	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89682
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88904	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90100	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90188	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89649
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90382	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90033	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90164	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88316
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95896	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96387	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95899	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103742
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96501	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94087	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92731	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90574
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88410	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112061

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease