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: 114533	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76806	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78010	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69215
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71889	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72105	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66662	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77749
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76982	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78124	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78467	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77871
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78658	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78205	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78343	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76285
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79912	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79836	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86554
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84203	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81654	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80520	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78393
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76636	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98430

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease