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: 136725	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93446	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94970	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87512
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90578	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90859	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84397	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94815
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94034	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95212	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95295	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94706
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95340	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95013	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95424	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93387
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101964	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102182	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101686	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110048
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101884	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99392	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97946	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95830
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93329	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117290

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease