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: 123796	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85132	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75546
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78469	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78592	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72738	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84599
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83921	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85055	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85236	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84807
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85389	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85163	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85121	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83341
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87029	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87486	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87150	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94223
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91386	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88841	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87596	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85509
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83454	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106504

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease