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: 135559	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92826	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94333	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86965
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90031	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90269	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83815	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94013
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93228	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94449	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94574	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93923
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94562	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94231	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94543	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92528
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101111	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101392	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100862	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109122
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100966	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98516	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97134	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95069
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92610	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116223

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease