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: 139163	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95090	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96588	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89035
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92105	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86011	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96644
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95760	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97048	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97084	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96519
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97201	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96864	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97274	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95257
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104456	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104557	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104150	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112763
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103845	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101410	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99815	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97661
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95133	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119439

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease