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: 114392	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76696	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77891	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69097
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71771	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71987	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66556	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77615
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76854	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77994	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78350	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77756
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78538	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78060	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78203	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76154
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79775	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80067	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79697	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86395
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84072	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81513	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80389	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78253
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76505	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98319

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease