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: 126105	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85477	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77562
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80538	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80664	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74642	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86202
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85488	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86619	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86800	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86363
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87055	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86780	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86776	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85012
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89636	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89289	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96549
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93025	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90618	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89261	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87176
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85084	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108461

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease