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: 114344	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76657	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69055
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71732	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: 66530	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77588
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76824	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77961	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78312	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77716
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78507	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78031	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78170	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76114
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79736	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80036	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79649	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86353
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84036	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81487	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80353	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78222
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76466	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98285

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease