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: 133260	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91029	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92591	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85473
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88500	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88772	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82392	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92136
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91388	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92600	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92657	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92134
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92774	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92374	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92612	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99006	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99316	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98851	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106917
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98967	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96531	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95205	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93208
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90840	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114377

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease