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: 135287	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92652	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94179	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86822
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89887	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90130	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83688	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93856
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93068	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94282	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94403	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93757
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94369	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94056	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94358	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92344
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100915	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101210	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100681	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108921
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100771	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98318	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96936	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94910
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92439	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115965

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease