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: 128281	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86822	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88240	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79842
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82983	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76767	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87663
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86873	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88017	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88245	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87709
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88525	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88150	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88186	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86372
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91704	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92339	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91847	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99499
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94547	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92161	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90774	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88631
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86458	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110231

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease