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: 118758	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79764	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81050	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71854
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74704	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74850	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69114	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80652
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79882	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80980	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81323	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80627
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81549	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81201	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81257	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79303
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82939	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83304	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82962	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89814
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87263	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84642	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83528	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81452
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79486	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101903

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease