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: 128232	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86779	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88186	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79712
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82694	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82863	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76654	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87611
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86827	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: 88198	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87671
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88473	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88110	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88147	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86329
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91555	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92189	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91695	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99319
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94497	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92106	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90732	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88587
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86415	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110181

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease