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: 140618	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96158	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97672	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90168
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93179	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93604	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87205	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97893
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96966	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98299	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98258	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97821
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98401	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98160	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98592	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96494
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106270	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106346	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105859	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114594
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105154	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102702	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101037	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98909
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96316	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120883

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease