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: 114804	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76959	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78141	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69335
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72014	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72206	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66770	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77884
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77125	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78296	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78627	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78012
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78820	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78360	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78502	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76430
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79987	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86702
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84338	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81805	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80670	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78553
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76778	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98564

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease