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: 129457	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87833	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89253	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82299
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85562	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79242	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88741
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87939	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89162	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89274	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88753
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89533	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89168	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89253	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87403
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94696	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95226	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94808	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102462
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95581	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93194	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91819	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89661
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87519	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111165

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease