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: 140420	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96023	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97524	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90030
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93050	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93459	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87054	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97739
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96808	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98153	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98104	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97671
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98252	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97990	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98422	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96364
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106048	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106124	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105636	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114374
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104995	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102543	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100879	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98765
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96170	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120715

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease