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: 117356	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78641	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79904	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70890
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73651	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73870	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68160	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79606
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78834	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79948	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80313	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79635
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80540	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80119	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80228	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78205
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81745	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81764	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88579
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86213	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83608	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82442	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80337
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78447	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100729

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease