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: 118309	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79408	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80676	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71528
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74347	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74501	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68823	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80304
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79566	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80634	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81001	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80300
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81219	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80858	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80918	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78979
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82535	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82574	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89429
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86906	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84292	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83190	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81063
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79161	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101506

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease