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: 124762	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84657	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76433
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79348	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79490	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73588	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85408
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84680	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85815	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86011	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85556
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86216	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85924	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85909	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84158
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88003	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88462	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95234
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92125	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89687	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88420	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86347
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84242	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107340

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease