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: 130757	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88915	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90393	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83300
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86361	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86622	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80332	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89882
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89117	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90297	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90418	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89869
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90565	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90250	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90393	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88515
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96141	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96624	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96145	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103977
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96731	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94329	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92932	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90799
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88602	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112253

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease