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: 123320	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83437	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84773	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75173
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78093	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78266	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72368	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84203
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83515	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84661	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84874	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84409
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84994	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84764	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84751	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82909
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86643	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87084	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86739	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93795
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91006	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88458	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87223	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85155
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83051	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106040

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease