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: 144502	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98666	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100359	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92456
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95939	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89392	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100589
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99635	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100948	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100893	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100460
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101034	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100880	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101379	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99220
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109182	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109366	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109009	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117768
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108092	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105601	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103813	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101637
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99040	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124115

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease