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: 175265	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120094	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122254	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111363
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114922	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115329	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106745	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121697
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120644	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121565	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121266	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120852
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121417	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121409	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122331	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119996
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132540	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133086	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132680	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144247
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131721	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128429	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126389	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123543
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120501	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151190

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease