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: 139134	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95057	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96552	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89003
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92077	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92430	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85976	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95732	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97021	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97041	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96495
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97170	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96825	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97236	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95221
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104405	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104495	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104101	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112707
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103818	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101380	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99776	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97626
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95094	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119399

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease