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: 117789	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78999	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80239	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71181
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73986	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74186	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68461	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79914
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79184	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80268	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80639	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79914
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80841	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80467	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80542	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78559
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82096	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82489	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82138	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88983
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86522	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83906	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82799	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80657
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78777	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101093

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease