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: 134762	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92275	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93812	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86500
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89556	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83363	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93483
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92666	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93903	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94021	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93434
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94022	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93659	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91958
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100511	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100791	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100306	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108450
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100359	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97926	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96542	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94507
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92060	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115522

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease