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: 97637	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65256	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66196	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59141
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61471	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62006	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57219	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66125
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65631	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66599	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66967	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66126
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66966	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66878	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66695	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65076
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68068	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68219	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73855
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71670	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69512	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68477	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66411
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65246	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84889

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease