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: 131182	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89299	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83618
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86691	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86948	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80617	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90299
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89557	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90663	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90813	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90251
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90970	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90635	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90776	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88892
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96603	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97028	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96529	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104426
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97096	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94716	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93329	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91193
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88997	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112592

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease