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: 117492	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78761	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80007	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70975
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73754	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68259	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79708
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78958	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80078	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80417	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79720
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80649	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80333	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78325
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81873	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81898	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88707
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86316	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83714	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82558	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80450
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78535	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100820

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease