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: 114480	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76766	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77965	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69177
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71844	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72058	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66625	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77704
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76940	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78073	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78429	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77824
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78606	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78159	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78296	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76228
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79860	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80168	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79775	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86474
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84159	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81600	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80474	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78346
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76594	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98391

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease