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: 131183	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89304	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90824	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83620
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86693	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86951	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80618	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90304
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89560	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90667	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90814	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90254
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90973	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90638	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90781	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88894
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97032	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96530	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104429
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97100	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94721	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93335	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91199
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89000	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112595

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease