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: 124876	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84730	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85999	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76491
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79432	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79565	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73649	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85472
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84746	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85880	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86076	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85641
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86292	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86008	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85979	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84239
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88543	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95303
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92201	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89776	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88496	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86417
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84325	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107426

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease