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: 128180	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86742	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88147	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79528
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82678	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76487	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87569
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86786	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87940	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88152	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87618
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88424	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88080	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88097	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86284
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91368	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91989	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91499	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99094
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94460	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92052	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90691	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88551
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86367	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110137

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease