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: 124255	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84213	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85470	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75874
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78812	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73058	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84969
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84254	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85375	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85577	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85147
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85744	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85500	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85459	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83701
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87387	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87881	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87538	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94622
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91725	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89230	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87946	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85865
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83798	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106866

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease