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: 114529	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76806	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69213
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71889	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72101	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66662	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77747
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76978	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78122	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78464	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77868
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78651	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78203	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78340	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76284
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79903	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79831	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86544
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84201	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81649	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80517	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78389
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76632	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98430

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease