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: 128041	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86642	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88039	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78840
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81968	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75838	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87446
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86674	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87830	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88045	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87509
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88312	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87975	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87974	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86184
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90651	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90757	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98234
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94355	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91946	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90588	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88456
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86272	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110045

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease