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: 117776	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78991	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80229	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71175
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73977	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74176	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68451	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79902
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79177	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80261	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80629	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79908
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80834	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80462	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80534	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78551
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82090	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82479	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82121	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88973
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86514	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83897	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82792	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80647
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78769	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101082

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease