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: 99172	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66370	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67283	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60031
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62516	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62944	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58087	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67270
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66693	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67738	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68110	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67317
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68076	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67961	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67790	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66162
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69231	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69662	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69375	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75109
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72861	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70712	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69566	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67634
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66273	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86105

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease