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: 124455	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84400	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85674	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76035
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79106	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73226	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85146
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84433	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85539	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85770	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85312
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85923	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85659	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85664	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83877
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87588	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88059	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87710	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94828
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91878	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89413	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88144	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86051
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83979	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107045

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease