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: 136965	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93588	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95117	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87610
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90700	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90983	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84530	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94977
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94166	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95351	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95447	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94859
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95497	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95191	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95562	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93539
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102135	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102349	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101861	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110243
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102048	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99584	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98110	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95985
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93487	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117478

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease