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: 137136	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93692	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87699
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90788	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91076	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84613	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95098
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94274	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95458	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95563	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94968
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95608	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95297	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95677	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93656
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102263	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102470	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101977	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110376
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102160	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99712	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98240	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96101
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93603	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117609

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease