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: 128362	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86896	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88305	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80096
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83089	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83200	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76988	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87720
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86920	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88088	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88317	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87785
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88598	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88223	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88252	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86442
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91969	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92575	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99791
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94611	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92233	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90842	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88686
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86516	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110303

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease