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: 127547	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86283	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87681	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78637
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81609	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81770	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75640	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87061
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86344	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87483	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87677	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87199
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87949	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87622	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87624	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85830
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90328	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90914	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90427	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97897
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93971	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91573	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90204	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88077
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85923	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109727

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease