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: 124038	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84022	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85298	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75704
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78620	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78760	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72897	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84769
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84093	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85217	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85392	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84966
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85564	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85333	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85269	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83505
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87213	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87688	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94419
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91535	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89011	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87759	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85672
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83612	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106692

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease