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: 128179	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86740	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88146	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79511
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82489	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82658	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76467	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87568
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86785	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87937	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88152	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87618
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88424	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88078	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88095	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86282
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91345	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91963	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91471	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99064
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94459	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92049	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90690	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88551
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86367	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110137

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease