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: 164461	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111550	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103195
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106477	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107066	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99263	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113619
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112611	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113819	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113449	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113251
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113720	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113663	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114441	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112161
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122727	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123138	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122692	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133287
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122974	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119772	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117787	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115132
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112217	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 141342

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease