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: 117038	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78398	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79623	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70662
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73419	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73623	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67967	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79353
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78574	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79702	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80054	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79369
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80292	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79949	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77970
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81828	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81518	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88304
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85947	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83355	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82191	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80066
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78209	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100431

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease