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: 114614	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76860	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78061	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69257
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72146	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66699	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77789
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77027	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78179	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78517	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77918
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78711	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78248	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78394	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76337
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79965	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80267	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79897	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86614
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84245	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81714	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80568	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78444
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76680	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98479

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease