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: 125082	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84867	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86173	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76650
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79591	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79715	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73793	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85598
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84897	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86033	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86217	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85782
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86457	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86170	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86135	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84376
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88237	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88698	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88324	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95500
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92370	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89935	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88647	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86547
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84468	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107642

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease