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: 124190	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84156	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85420	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75824
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78757	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78892	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73008	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84914
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84210	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85330	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85540	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85104
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85701	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85460	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85409	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83643
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87343	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87831	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87490	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94561
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91680	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89157	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87897	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85829
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83749	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106805

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease