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: 117415	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78705	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79962	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70927
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73702	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73922	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68201	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79656
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78892	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80010	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80371	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79676
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80602	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80172	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80280	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78269
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81800	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82206	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88646
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86267	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83665	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82509	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80399
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78493	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100775

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease