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: 106870	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71548	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72631	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64568
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67226	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67666	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62416	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72416
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71820	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72967	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73236	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72581
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73399	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72969	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73042	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71442
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74590	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74889	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74537	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80971
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78530	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76254	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75092	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73056
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71400	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92371

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease