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: 137795	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94100	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95632	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88056
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91167	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91465	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84985	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95555
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94712	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95955	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96015	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95431
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96078	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95743	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96134	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94141
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102818	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102990	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102543	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111017
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102703	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100257	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98766	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96560
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94032	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118179

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease