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: 123862	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83875	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75592
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78635	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72786	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84655
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83977	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85107	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85292	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84853
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85440	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85183	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83399
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87089	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87536	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87209	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94278
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91435	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88901	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87653	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85554
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83511	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106561

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease