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: 118626	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79655	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80939	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71758
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74586	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74755	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69021	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80555
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79796	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80884	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81222	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80532
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81463	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81160	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79199
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83197	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82854	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89699
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87132	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84544	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83432	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81330
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79400	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101794

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease