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: 114641	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76880	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78077	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69273
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71955	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66716	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77812
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77052	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78203	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78542	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77935
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78727	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78277	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78419	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76349
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80001	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80291	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79929	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86642
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84261	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81734	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80588	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78462
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76701	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98497

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease