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: 114428	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76726	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77917	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69126
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72018	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66589	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77650
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76888	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78027	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78391	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77789
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78569	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78106	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78244	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76182
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79805	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80110	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79728	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86417
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84108	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81550	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80421	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78287
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76535	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98350

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease