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: 118067	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79223	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80484	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71363
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74180	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74350	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68645	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80124
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79393	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80481	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80826	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80116
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81040	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80668	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80728	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78771
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82357	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82753	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82377	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89233
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86735	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84098	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83008	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80875
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78992	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101303

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease