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: 114487	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76769	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77968	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69181
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71850	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72064	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66627	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77712
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76946	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78076	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78437	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77830
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78610	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78164	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78299	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76234
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79862	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80171	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79780	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86479
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84168	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81605	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80478	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78350
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76600	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98396

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease