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: 114547	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76815	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78020	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: 71901	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72113	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66672	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77757
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76989	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78137	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78480	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77884
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78671	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78212	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78357	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76296
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79925	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80219	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79852	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86564
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84210	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81666	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80533	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78406
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76649	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98444

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease