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: 117169	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78502	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70732
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73501	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73707	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68033	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79455
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78662	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79796	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80163	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79473
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80392	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79945	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80067	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78060
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81573	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81934	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81607	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88412
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86042	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83458	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82295	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80165
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78300	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100531

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease