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: 118357	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79449	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80712	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71570
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74386	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74540	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68852	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80336
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79608	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80676	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81037	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80337
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81254	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80886	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80964	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79013
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82581	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82984	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82624	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89469
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86938	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84329	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83230	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81093
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79208	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101554

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease