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: 114560	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76825	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78027	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69223
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71904	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72115	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66672	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77759
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76994	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78146	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78485	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77885
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78675	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78215	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78361	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76303
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79929	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80226	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86567
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84214	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81672	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80538	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78411
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76652	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98447

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease