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: 126649	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85848	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87217	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78306
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81266	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81397	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75353	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86626
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85886	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87013	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87185	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86747
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87453	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87161	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87172	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85404
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89960	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90035	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97387
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93429	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91014	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89667	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87554
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85469	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108935

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease