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: 115799	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77606	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69934
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72686	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72859	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67321	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78526
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77765	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78890	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79252	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78583
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79454	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78992	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79161	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77137
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80741	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80727	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87498
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85040	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82497	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81342	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79262
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77403	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99429

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease