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: 114329	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76646	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77830	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69036
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71724	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71939	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66520	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77573
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76807	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77940	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78304	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77703
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78485	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78018	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78153	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76097
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79719	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80021	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79637	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86342
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84025	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81468	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80340	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78208
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76449	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98273

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease