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: 132651	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90558	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92076	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84814
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87833	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88106	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81730	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91621
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90844	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92045	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92105	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91585
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92239	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91878	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92096	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90136
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98082	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97979	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105950
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98440	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96027	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94626	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92686
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90309	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113912

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease