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: 125107	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84878	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86190	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76661
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79601	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79726	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73799	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85608
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84916	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86044	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86228	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85794
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86469	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86180	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86151	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84394
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88708	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88336	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95516
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92377	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89944	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88667	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86560
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84479	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107658

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease