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: 117968	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79149	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80407	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71298
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74307	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68592	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80039
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79318	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80404	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80760	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80041
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80960	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80592	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80662	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78689
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82658	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82295	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89142
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86657	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84030	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82941	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80800
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78911	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101243

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease