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: 123387	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83498	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84834	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75230
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78138	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78314	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72431	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84270
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83596	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84726	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84933	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84476
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85060	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84856	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84816	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82974
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86704	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87162	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86805	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93870
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91062	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88521	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87286	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85219
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83130	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106122

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease