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: 98735	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66030	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66921	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59761
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62236	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57826	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66911
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66354	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67356	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67767	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66933
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67743	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67615	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67444	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65833
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68888	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69049	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74696
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72485	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70365	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69227	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67271
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65955	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85743

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease