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: 114443	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76739	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77936	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69139
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71814	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72030	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66602	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77665
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76899	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78041	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78405	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77794
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78584	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78120	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78257	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76194
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80128	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79740	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86437
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84124	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81562	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80435	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78303
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76555	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98358

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease