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: 128266	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86813	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88226	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79822
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82802	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76746	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87646
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86860	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88009	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88235	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87700
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88510	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88137	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88169	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86363
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91667	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92314	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91813	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99460
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94532	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92150	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90763	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88617
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86448	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110221

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease