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: 139489	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95323	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96825	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89294
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92337	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92733	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86262	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96939
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96051	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97329	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97334	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96800
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97469	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97135	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97556	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95514
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104868	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104938	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113177
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104143	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101710	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100108	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97957
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95399	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119757

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease