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: 131673	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89710	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91212	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84030
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87088	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87334	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80970	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90719
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89965	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91116	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91263	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90683
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91391	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91038	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91200	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89285
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97070	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97477	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96994	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104888
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97527	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95169	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93764	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91697
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89443	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113044

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease