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: 137126	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93684	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95202	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87697
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90785	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91069	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84611	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95091
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94263	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95455	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95560	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94963
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95601	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95292	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95669	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93654
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102461	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110371
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102153	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99705	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98235	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96095
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93596	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117603

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease