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: 118513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79563	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71674
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68939	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80456
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79692	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80792	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81139	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80436
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81362	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81005	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81078	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79108
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82706	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83091	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82749	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89602
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87033	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84453	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83332	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81207
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79315	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101682

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease