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: 137193	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93730	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95245	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87738
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91114	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84642	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95156
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94318	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95518	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95606	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95018
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95664	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95353	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95713	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93707
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102529	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102029	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110439
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102219	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99761	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98296	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96150
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93646	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117665

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease