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: 114366	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76672	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69072
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71754	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71971	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66542	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77596
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76838	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77979	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78327	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77735
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78527	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78046	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78182	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76136
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79759	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80053	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79669	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86371
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84054	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81499	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80370	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78234
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76487	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98304

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease