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: 119907	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80701	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82001	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72759
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75598	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69933	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81529
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80738	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81827	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82256	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81551
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82386	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82085	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82151	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80226
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83912	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84275	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83965	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90860
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88200	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85595	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84459	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82342
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80363	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103027

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease