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: 128151	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86721	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88124	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79232
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82175	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82367	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76221	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87547
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86763	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87919	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88129	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87591
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88402	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88060	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88079	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86258
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91088	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91686	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91192	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98744
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94434	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92027	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90670	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88533
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86345	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110118

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease