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: 123272	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83396	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84735	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75148
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78075	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78239	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72339	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84155
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83482	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84621	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84851	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84384
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84965	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84734	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84729	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82876
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86608	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87049	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86706	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93758
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90974	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88433	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87198	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85127
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83014	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106014

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease