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: 137314	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93797	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95308	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87798
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90890	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91182	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84711	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95234
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94399	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95598	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95676	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95102
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95737	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95422	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95800	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93785
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102404	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102612	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102125	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110546
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102311	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99857	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98392	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96219
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93719	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117754

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease