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: 128297	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86836	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79867
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82859	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76791	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87670
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86879	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88029	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88260	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87723
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88543	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88165	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88196	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86383
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91725	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92359	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91870	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99532
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94555	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92171	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90779	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88637
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86468	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110247

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease