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: 98765	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66057	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66950	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59780
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62251	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62680	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57845	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66933
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66375	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67382	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67792	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66954
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67761	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67642	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67468	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65852
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68921	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69342	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69068	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74731
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72505	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70399	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69249	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67303
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65978	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85778

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease