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: 127212	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86085	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87463	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78584
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81563	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81722	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75611	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86858
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86141	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87286	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87474	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87021
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87755	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87427	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87442	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85655
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90830	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90347	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97804
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93735	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91359	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89982	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87861
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85734	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109406

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease