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: 137103	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93675	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87680
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90773	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84605	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95077
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94248	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95437	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95549	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94952
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95588	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95277	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95649	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93639
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102230	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102441	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101951	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110356
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102143	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99685	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98226	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96075
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93579	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117584

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease