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: 126446	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85717	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87065	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77638
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80608	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80748	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74721	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86457
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85743	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86856	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87023	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86601
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87283	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87017	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87012	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85254
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89282	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89731	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89393	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96637
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93266	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90865	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89524	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87404
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85329	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108786

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease