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: 133029	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90849	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92394	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85227
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88255	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88528	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82153	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91937
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91178	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92392	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92437	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91923
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92567	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92186	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92415	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90441
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98657	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99007	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98521	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106564
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98753	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96330	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94971	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93006
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90648	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114200

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease