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: 117128	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78476	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79686	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70710
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73471	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73675	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68010	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79419
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78624	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79769	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80125	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79434
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80354	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79905	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80030	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78029
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81531	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81884	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88372
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86003	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83412	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82262	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80126
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78260	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100484

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease