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: 124617	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84550	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85822	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76304
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79233	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79364	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73472	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85294
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84574	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85705	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85930	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85461
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86103	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85818	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85816	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84050
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87881	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88340	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87978	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95133
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92024	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89589	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88314	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86219
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84138	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107213

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease