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: 98441	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65835	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66721	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59596
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62008	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62499	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57667	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66688
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66135	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67120	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67552	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66706
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67543	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67408	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67245	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65653
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68662	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69128	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68804	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74459
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72276	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70122	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69023	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67021
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65750	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85541

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease