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: 97370	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65101	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66034	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59006
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61851	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57091	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65936
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65467	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66415	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66808	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65962
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66803	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66731	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66534	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64926
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67899	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68391	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68050	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73643
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71495	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69329	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68325	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66241
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65083	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84678

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease