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: 139226	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95141	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96645	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89082
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92148	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92513	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86059	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96708
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95834	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97115	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97141	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96584
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97259	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96910	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97333	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95312
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104555	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104629	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104239	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112853
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103900	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101471	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99883	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97714
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95206	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119489

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease