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: 140176	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95856	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97365	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89862
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92873	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93283	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86859	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97534
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96618	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97958	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97919	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97457
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98089	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97771	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96169
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105729	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105844	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105348	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114064
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104804	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102358	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100690	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98566
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95984	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120488

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease