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: 126693	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85873	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87241	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78336
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81295	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81429	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75385	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86650
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85913	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87041	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87216	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86779
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87496	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87195	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87205	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85429
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89997	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90554	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90073	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97424
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93457	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91049	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89707	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87574
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85491	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108958

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease