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: 117167	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78502	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70729
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73500	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73705	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68031	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79454
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78660	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79796	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80162	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79471
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80387	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79944	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80065	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78056
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81570	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81930	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81605	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88410
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86039	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83456	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82291	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80160
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78300	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100525

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease