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: 128183	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86747	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88152	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79563
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82553	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82734	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76527	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87572
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86789	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87945	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88155	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87625
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88430	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88082	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88106	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86287
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91409	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92032	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91537	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99142
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94463	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92059	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90699	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88556
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86373	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110143

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease