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: 170715	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116432	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118427	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107816
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111190	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111661	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103322	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118037
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116953	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117911	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117675	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117265
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117840	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117852	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118686	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116440
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128129	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128606	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128178	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139669
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127966	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124698	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122645	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119771
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116789	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 147101

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease