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: 98107	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65592	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66530	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59420
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61792	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62354	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57501	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66455
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65992	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66943	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67336	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66484
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67320	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67229	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67050	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65419
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68451	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68945	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68587	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74250
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72047	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69886	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68847	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66763
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65587	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85309

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease