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: 114997	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77108	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78284	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69463
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72147	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72332	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66879	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78028
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77278	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78423	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78782	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78147
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78958	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78511	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78657	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76595
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80519	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80170	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86875
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84483	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81965	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80819	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78711
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76914	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98727

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease