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: 133719	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91434	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85804
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88842	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89092	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82689	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92564
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91824	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93029	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93103	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92526
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93172	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92793	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93040	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91102
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99464	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99798	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99316	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107437
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99410	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96997	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95632	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93607
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91227	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114716

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease