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: 126817	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85926	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87292	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78487
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81463	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75520	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86695
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85965	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87091	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87277	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86819
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87562	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87255	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87261	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85490
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90124	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90690	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90211	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97625
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93520	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91116	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89768	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87642
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85543	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109069

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease