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: 126686	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85869	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87236	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78327
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81282	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81417	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75375	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86647
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85911	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87036	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87211	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86773
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87485	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87192	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87197	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85423
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89986	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90543	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90065	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97413
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93449	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91043	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89700	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87570
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85487	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108953

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease