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: 126527	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85769	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87138	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77789
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80750	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80887	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74864	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86521
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85795	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86918	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87091	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86661
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87351	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87072	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87080	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85307
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89429	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89913	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89543	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96799
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93331	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90927	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89586	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87462
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85386	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108849

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease