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: 132598	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90502	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92033	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84762
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87787	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88063	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81660	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91566
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90778	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91992	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92052	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91532
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92182	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91816	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92044	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90076
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98000	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98395	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97900	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105852
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98391	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95965	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94560	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92634
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90254	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113860

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease