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: 97855	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65431	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66369	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59296
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61633	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62180	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57369	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66293
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65811	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66792	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67150	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66316
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67154	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67051	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66871	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65248
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68742	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68399	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74045
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71853	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69689	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68662	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66597
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65430	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85102

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease