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: 117369	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78669	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79918	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70904
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73664	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73881	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68171	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79615
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78853	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79961	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80332	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79647
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80562	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80133	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80245	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78224
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81760	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81781	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88595
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86229	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83622	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82465	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80358
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78456	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100740

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease