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: 127565	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86298	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87698	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78647
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81615	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81780	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75651	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87083
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86352	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87498	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87693	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87212
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87960	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87631	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87635	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85844
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90345	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90929	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90442	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97911
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93988	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91587	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90214	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88095
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85938	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109736

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease