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: 115557	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77451	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78658	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69791
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72518	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72702	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67190	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78388
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77627	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78772	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79131	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78450
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79319	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78861	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79011	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76995
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80593	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80957	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80565	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87319
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84890	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82318	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81199	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79115
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77258	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99236

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease