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: 119622	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80463	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72505
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75366	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75550	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69716	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81300
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80514	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81601	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82019	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81302
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82169	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81845	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81938	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80008
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83691	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84043	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83723	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90576
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87957	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85354	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84227	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82113
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80139	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102774

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease