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: 138282	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94473	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88412
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91538	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91840	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85367	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95966
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95092	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96363	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96399	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95843
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96497	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96136	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96553	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94530
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103428	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103579	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103152	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111689
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103124	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100698	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99169	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96975
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94420	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118632

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease