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: 128227	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86772	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88183	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79693
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82676	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82841	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76638	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87609
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86824	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87974	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88189	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87658
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88466	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88138	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86322
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91544	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92172	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91677	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99295
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94488	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92098	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90726	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88581
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86410	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110175

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease