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: 165842	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112547	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114706	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104160
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108059	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100160	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114628
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113558	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114751	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114353	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114136
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114646	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114610	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115345	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113122
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123817	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124226	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123753	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134549
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124068	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120822	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118853	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116160
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113215	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142629

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease