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: 129435	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87819	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89231	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82251
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85277	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85521	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79197	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88722
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87920	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89136	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89251	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88740
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89521	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89149	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89238	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87389
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94648	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95180	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94751	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102418
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95567	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93169	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91798	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89640
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87503	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111149

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease