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: 117097	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78449	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79660	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70690
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73454	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73660	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67997	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79390
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78607	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79739	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80102	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79411
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80331	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79882	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78000
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81509	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81858	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81549	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88347
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85983	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83395	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82231	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80101
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78240	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100466

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease