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: 137484	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93927	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95427	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87882
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91012	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91300	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84802	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95358
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94517	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95734	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95798	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95217
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95857	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95550	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95923	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93920
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102548	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102759	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102290	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110706
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102444	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100006	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98518	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96337
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93828	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117921

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease