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: 128283	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86825	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88243	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79842
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82986	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76771	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87663
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86873	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88018	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88247	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87711
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88528	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88151	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88187	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86374
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91705	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92340	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91849	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99501
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94548	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92161	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90774	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88633
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86459	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110233

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease