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: 114898	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77026	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78222	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69398
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72073	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72274	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66819	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77943
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77205	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78365	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78708	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78072
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78886	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78427	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78573	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76512
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80142	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80437	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80078	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86797
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84410	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81873	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80737	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78638
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76848	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98642

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease