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: 62745	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44831	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 41287
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 42265	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 43116	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 40234	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45678
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45261	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45460	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45768	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45292
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45668	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45743	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45433	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44984
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47393	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47730	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50724
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 48493	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 47331	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 46526	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 45922
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 44770	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55150

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease