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: 128157	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86726	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88130	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79294
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82262	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82452	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76268	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87551
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86765	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87921	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88136	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87595
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88409	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88064	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88082	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86261
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91140	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91252	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98820
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94439	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92032	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90675	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88535
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86347	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110122

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease