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: 78856	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54157	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54905	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 49124
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 51256	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 51769	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48090	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54959
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54213	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55071	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55596	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54720
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55359	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55435	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55166	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53745
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56825	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57218	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61266
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59193	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57387	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56580	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55149
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54242	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69177

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease