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: 115698	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77544	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78736	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69884
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72797	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67272	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78464
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77697	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78844	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79202	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78532
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79398	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78931	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79103	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77082
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81033	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80666	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87430
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84968	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82424	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81277	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79211
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77346	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99338

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease