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: 125671	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85183	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86529	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77069
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80137	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74155	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85926
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85201	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86343	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86517	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86071
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86762	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86476	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86460	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84700
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88657	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89111	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88753	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95982
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92715	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90285	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88977	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86867
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84794	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108048

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease