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: 114744	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76935	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78133	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69328
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72006	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72205	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66761	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77871
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77103	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78275	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78608	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77991
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78799	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78335	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78479	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76399
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80059	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80346	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79979	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86694
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84313	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81787	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80651	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78542
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76765	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98554

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease