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: 123361	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83483	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84818	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75211
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78297	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72408	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84248
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83567	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84716	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84911	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84460
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85038	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84834	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84794	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82956
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86681	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87137	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86788	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93846
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91043	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88500	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87271	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85205
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83108	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106097

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease