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: 118037	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79201	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80463	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71344
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74157	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74336	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68631	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80100
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79375	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80461	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80803	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80098
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81017	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80640	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80713	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78748
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82329	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82721	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89205
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86717	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84073	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82988	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80859
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78971	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101285

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease