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: 142373	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97514	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99105	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91512
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94415	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94900	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88467	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99408
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98446	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99750	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99703	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99302
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99818	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99627	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100162	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98033
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108085	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108236	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107832	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116536
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106709	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104212	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102474	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100353
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97865	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122487

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease