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: 138706	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94781	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96281	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88738
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91830	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92146	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85684	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96305
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95430	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96716	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96726	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96180
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96832	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96495	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96900	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94893
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103965	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104060	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103668	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112264
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103482	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101038	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99475	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97310
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94762	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119042

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease