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: 128138	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86714	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79154
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82093	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82290	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76160	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87539
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86752	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87909	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88121	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87581
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88390	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88052	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88070	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86254
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90993	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91583	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91108	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98632
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94427	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92021	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90666	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88526
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86339	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110113

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease