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: 117651	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78891	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80137	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71083
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73882	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74080	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68370	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79807
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79077	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80180	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80527	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79834
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80745	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80362	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80452	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78448
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81988	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82395	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82031	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88850
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86421	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83816	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82678	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80550
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78664	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100961

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease