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: 132673	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90583	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92099	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84830
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87855	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88123	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81756	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91635
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90870	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92069	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92124	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91602
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92258	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91901	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92127	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90159
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98109	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98018	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105977
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98460	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96041	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94652	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92711
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90335	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113924

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease