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: 123371	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83491	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84823	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75216
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78128	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78306	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72416	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84258
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83582	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84720	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84923	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84463
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85050	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84844	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84801	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82964
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86694	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87146	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86795	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93853
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91050	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88508	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87279	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85211
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83113	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106109

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease