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: 128414	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86944	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88352	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80252
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83243	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83373	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77125	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87766
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86954	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88140	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88361	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87840
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88641	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88276	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88303	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86480
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92144	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92757	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92322	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99961
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94653	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92287	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90885	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88737
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86563	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110348

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease