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: 118093	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79261	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80517	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71392
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74211	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74375	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68670	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80166
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79428	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80503	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80850	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80134
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81069	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80696	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80753	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78793
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82391	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82786	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82406	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89255
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86751	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84120	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83039	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80906
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79016	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101329

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease