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: 124238	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84198	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85457	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75864
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78803	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78925	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73051	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84960
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84246	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85366	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85571	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85138
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85735	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85491	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85444	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83687
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87383	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87870	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87525	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94609
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91710	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89216	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87939	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85858
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83789	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106855

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease