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: 123781	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83805	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85116	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75535
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78455	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78578	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72725	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84583
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83907	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85041	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85227	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84791
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85375	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85152	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85104	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83324
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87010	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87466	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87128	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94212
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91371	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88830	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87582	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85493
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83437	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106487

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease