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: 122668	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82900	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84196	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74693
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77769	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71881	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83671
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82916	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84103	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84345	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83857
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84463	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84225	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84201	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82394
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85989	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86445	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86110	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93173
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90426	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87871	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86655	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84566
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82513	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105431

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease