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: 117609	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78855	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80102	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71056
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73852	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74054	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68350	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79779
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79046	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80155	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80494	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79792
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80714	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80323	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80420	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78415
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81956	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82362	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81995	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88814
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86393	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83790	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82647	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80521
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78631	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100927

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease