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: 114322	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76639	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77826	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69033
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71720	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71932	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66513	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77569
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76802	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77936	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78300	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77696
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78478	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78010	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78146	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76090
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79711	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79630	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86334
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84019	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81462	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80339	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78203
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76447	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98263

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease