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: 129162	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87591	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88985	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81848
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84863	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85102	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78772	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88450
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87646	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88863	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88987	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88498
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89281	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88908	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88963	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87138
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94687	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94250	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101913
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95325	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92923	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91532	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89395
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87243	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110932

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease