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: 114741	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76933	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78133	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69327
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72004	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72204	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66759	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77869
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77102	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78275	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78607	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77989
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78798	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78333	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78478	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76398
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80058	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80346	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79978	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86690
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84309	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81786	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80650	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78542
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76765	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98554

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease