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: 107765	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72140	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73246	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65131
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68238	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62914	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73045
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72433	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73603	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73852	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73186
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73959	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73556	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73659	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72069
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75233	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75529	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81661
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79258	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76895	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75733	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73673
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72031	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93107

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease