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: 131861	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89882	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91399	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84191
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87223	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87507	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81119	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90893
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90149	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91301	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91424	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90868
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91557	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91195	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91370	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89453
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97644	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97157	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105075
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97708	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95344	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93944	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91881
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89605	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113220

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease