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: 140875	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96379	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97902	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90393
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93398	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93848	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87449	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98137
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97205	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98549	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98500	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98096
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98658	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98444	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98877	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96735
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106649	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106724	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114973
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105431	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102970	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101288	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99160
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96596	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121176

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease