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: 117194	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78529	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79754	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70759
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73529	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73736	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68058	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79477
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78691	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79820	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80192	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79504
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80419	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79970	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80098	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78082
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81600	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81626	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88441
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86072	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83485	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82328	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80195
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78327	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100571

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease