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: 137486	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93928	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95431	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87884
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91013	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91301	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84802	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95359
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94520	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95740	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95803	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95219
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95861	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95552	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95927	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93925
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102553	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102764	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102292	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110710
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102447	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100011	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98525	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96344
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93830	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117924

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease