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: 99114	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66314	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67216	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59997
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62477	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62905	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58055	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67214
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66634	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67684	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68056	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67247
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68030	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67908	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67742	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66114
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69194	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69616	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69335	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75045
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72806	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70654	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69512	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67575
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66227	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86046

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease