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: 118154	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79319	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80571	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71449
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74261	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74420	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68722	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80208
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79472	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80563	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80913	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80198
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81125	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80751	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80823	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78862
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82441	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82844	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82476	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89322
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86812	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84185	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83095	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80970
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79069	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101402

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease