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: 135046	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92475	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94008	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86672
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89744	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90000	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83538	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93682
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92885	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94103	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94239	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93609
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94213	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93852	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94174	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92164
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100709	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100517	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108693
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100588	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98139	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96743	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94728
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92257	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115751

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease