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: 115441	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77387	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78582	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69721
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72439	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72634	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67113	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78314
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77557	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78702	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79058	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78404
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79249	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78785	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76890
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80512	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80864	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80472	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87216
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84803	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82245	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81121	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79030
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77188	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99119

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease