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: 125531	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85109	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86433	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76869
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79814	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79955	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73988	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85843
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85135	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86261	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86434	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85998
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86685	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86413	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86384	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84635
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88484	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88949	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88586	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95780
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92638	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90190	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88908	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86784
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84713	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107976

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease