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: 117163	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79729	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70728
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73500	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73702	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68030	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79450
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78658	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79795	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80159	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79470
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80386	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79942	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80062	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78054
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81567	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81928	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81603	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88409
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86036	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83453	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82288	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80157
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78293	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100520

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease