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: 124157	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84128	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85384	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75789
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78716	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78850	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72979	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84876
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84178	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85292	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85495	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85064
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85661	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85426	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85359	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83595
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87308	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87794	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87435	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94529
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91636	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89113	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87862	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85785
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83708	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106772

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease