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: 123781	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83805	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85120	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75537
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78461	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78578	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72727	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84584
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83908	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85042	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85227	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84793
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85375	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85153	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85104	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83325
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87011	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87468	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87131	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94213
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91372	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88832	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87584	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85493
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83439	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106490

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease