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: 115128	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77188	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78380	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69545
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72435	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66958	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78139
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77390	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78525	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78892	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78226
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79070	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78601	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78766	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76681
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80633	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80272	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86984
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84591	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82053	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80922	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78818
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77014	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98846

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease