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: 114636	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76878	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78072	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69269
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71952	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72164	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66712	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77805
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77050	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78197	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78537	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77931
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78723	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78272	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78416	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76348
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79993	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86633
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84257	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81731	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80583	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78457
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76693	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98489

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease