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: 114737	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76930	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78127	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69325
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72201	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66753	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77863
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77098	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78269	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78604	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77986
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78794	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78331	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78475	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76395
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80051	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80339	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79972	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86686
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84305	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81782	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80647	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78532
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76761	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98549

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease