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: 114509	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76797	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77987	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69193
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72083	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66649	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77724
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76960	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78098	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78450	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77848
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78629	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78179	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78322	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76255
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79879	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79811	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86513
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84187	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81625	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80501	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78372
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76611	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98414

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease