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: 98771	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66064	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66954	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59783
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62256	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62683	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57848	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66938
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66378	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67388	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67799	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66961
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67764	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67649	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67476	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65856
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69348	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69068	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74737
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72514	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70407	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69255	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67313
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65988	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85783

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease