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: 129558	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87934	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89352	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82486
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85483	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85742	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79430	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88823
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88049	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89269	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89364	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88842
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89618	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89264	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89343	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87495
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94958	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95443	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95025	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102726
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95671	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93289	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91912	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89746
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87594	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111237

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease