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: 118531	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79573	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80844	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71682
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68950	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80470
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79705	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80804	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81151	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80449
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81375	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81022	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81088	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79120
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82716	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82769	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89614
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87044	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84466	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83339	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81223
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79326	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101694

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease