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: 139422	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95269	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89257
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92295	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86216	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96888
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95996	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97276	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97283	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96746
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97424	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97080	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97499	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95468
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104790	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104857	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104460	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113115
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104089	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101649	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100065	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97887
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95349	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119681

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease