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: 116118	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77827	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79013	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70152
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73089	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67520	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78735
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77978	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79097	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79433	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78791
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79664	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79198	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79365	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77352
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80954	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81347	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80976	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87739
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85284	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82721	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81566	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79492
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77608	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99746

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease