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: 133242	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91016	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92570	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85463
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88484	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82383	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92119
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91369	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92574	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92640	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92114
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92747	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92360	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92588	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90633
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98830	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106894
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98944	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96509	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95189	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93186
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90816	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114363

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease