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: 114821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76969	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78154	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69347
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72019	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72223	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66779	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77893
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77139	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78307	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78644	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78024
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78832	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78371	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78515	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76446
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80083	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80367	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80007	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86719
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84357	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81819	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80685	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78569
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76788	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98574

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease