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: 130462	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88689	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90155	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83114
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86141	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86408	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80123	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89644
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88869	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90066	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90157	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89625
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90351	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90005	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90130	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88279
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95865	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95863	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103705
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96478	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94057	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92702	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90541
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88373	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112035

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease