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: 98280	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65722	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59515
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61898	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62434	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57617	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66575
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66080	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67052	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67450	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66611
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67450	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67333	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67162	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65547
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68563	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68714	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74373
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72168	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70016	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68942	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66889
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65683	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85439

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease