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: 119521	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80387	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81702	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72432
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75274	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75460	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69649	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81213
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80442	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81522	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81936	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81215
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82080	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81761	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79920
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83590	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83932	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83625	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90477
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87862	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85254	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84148	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82053
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80056	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102668

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease