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: 132737	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90623	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92144	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84883
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87908	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88174	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81799	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91689
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90905	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92118	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92176	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91649
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92312	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91938	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92167	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90205
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98584	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106063
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98499	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96091	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94702	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92766
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90379	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113976

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease