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: 114410	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76712	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77907	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69115
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72001	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66570	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77633
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76876	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78012	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78372	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77779
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78554	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78082	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78224	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76170
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79790	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79709	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86404
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84095	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81527	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80406	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78273
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76518	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98332

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease