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: 128436	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86963	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88374	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80321
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83329	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83450	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77191	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87792
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86984	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88164	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88392	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87867
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88664	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88295	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88323	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86499
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92844	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92395	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100054
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94673	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92313	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90906	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88767
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86586	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110374

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease