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: 114450	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76742	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77940	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69143
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71818	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72034	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66609	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77671
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76904	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78045	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78409	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77799
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78588	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78125	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78264	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76197
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79821	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80131	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79744	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86441
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84131	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81567	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80441	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78311
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76559	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98366

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease