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: 124584	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84525	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76233
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79157	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79294	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73396	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85282
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84549	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85682	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85911	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85440
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86072	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85795	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85792	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84026
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87796	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88265	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87894	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95040
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91999	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89558	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88288	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86201
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84119	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107188

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease