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: 116239	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77907	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79113	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70247
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73002	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73167	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67600	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78828
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78058	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79185	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79510	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78873
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79758	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79292	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79454	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77445
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81035	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81431	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81059	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87833
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85379	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82803	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81655	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79580
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77699	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99857

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease