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: 117390	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78684	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70912
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73678	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73899	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68185	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79632
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78865	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79985	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80344	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79658
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80576	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80157	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80258	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78243
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81777	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82175	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81803	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88613
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86244	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83639	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82488	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80374
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78470	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100759

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease