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: 117739	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78964	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80195	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71141
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73954	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74150	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68426	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79872
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79157	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80245	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80597	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79889
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80808	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80429	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80516	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78517
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82455	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82094	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88941
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86495	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83873	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82760	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80618
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78739	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101042

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease