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: 121274	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81785	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73665
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76511	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76709	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70887	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82592
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81792	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82948	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83246	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82639
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83401	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83119	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83145	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81323
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84861	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85303	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84959	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91955
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89351	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86709	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85532	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83463
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81425	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104152

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease