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: 116795	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78240	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79479	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70577
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73314	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73514	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67876	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79215
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78423	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79542	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79893	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79230
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80125	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79686	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79806	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77815
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81368	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81719	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81396	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88184
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85774	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83180	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82036	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79908
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78067	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100276

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease