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: 130485	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88709	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83132
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86157	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86419	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80146	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89668
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88895	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90090	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90179	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89640
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90370	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90024	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90153	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88305
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95884	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96372	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95885	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103730
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96495	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94077	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92722	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90559
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88395	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112050

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease