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: 162402	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110028	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112100	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101919
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105210	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105772	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98166	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112318
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111216	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112540	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112196	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111906
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112377	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112332	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113064	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110817
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121190	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121563	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121113	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131469
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121362	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118251	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116215	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113610
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110725	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139751

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease