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: 130788	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88939	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90423	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83322
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86376	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86640	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80352	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89911
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89144	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90319	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90438	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89893
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90584	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90273	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90420	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88539
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96173	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96648	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96160	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104006
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96747	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94349	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92954	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90821
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88631	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112263

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease