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: 126674	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85862	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87228	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78321
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81277	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81409	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75368	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86638
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85904	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87027	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87205	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86762
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87477	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87178	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87190	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85417
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89972	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90531	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90050	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97405
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93441	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91035	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89688	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87563
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85479	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108946

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease