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: 118049	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79208	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80467	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71349
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74164	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74341	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68637	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80108
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79381	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80467	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80809	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80104
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81026	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80649	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80719	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78756
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82342	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82736	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82361	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89222
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86722	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84083	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82991	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80868
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78976	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101291

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease