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: 128229	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86776	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79700
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82689	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82850	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76649	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87610
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86825	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87978	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88195	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87668
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88471	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88107	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88143	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86327
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91551	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91685	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99309
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94496	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92102	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90729	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88584
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86412	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110179

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease