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: 139782	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95558	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97061	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89536
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92560	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92981	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86521	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97199
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96295	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97592	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97595	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97094
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97708	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97419	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97851	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95799
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105234	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105342	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104868	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113549
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104421	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102000	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100357	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98203
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95653	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120054

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease