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: 104640	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70139	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71130	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63272
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65855	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66348	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61219	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70989
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70339	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71478	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71757	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71065
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71852	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71567	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71561	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69963
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73100	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73398	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73086	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79337
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76904	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74648	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73545	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71493
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69920	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90564

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease