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: 128231	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86778	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79707
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82692	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82856	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76651	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87610
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86827	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87978	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88196	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87669
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88472	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88109	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88147	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86327
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91554	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91691	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99316
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94496	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92104	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90732	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88585
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86413	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110181

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease