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: 124021	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84012	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85287	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75699
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78612	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78750	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72884	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84759
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84081	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85205	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85381	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84959
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85554	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85322	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85261	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83498
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87205	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87672	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87340	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94408
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91522	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88996	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87743	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85663
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83608	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106681

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease