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: 128299	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86838	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88249	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79873
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76799	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87671
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86882	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88031	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88262	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87727
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88545	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88166	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88198	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86384
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91730	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92361	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99538
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94558	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92175	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90783	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88638
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86469	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110250

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease