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: 119222	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80120	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81450	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72197
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75040	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75205	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69429	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80963
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80213	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81279	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81691	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80986
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81855	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81537	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81602	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79658
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83323	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83689	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83373	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90209
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87610	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84987	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83893	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81824
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79834	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102341

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease