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: 140894	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96395	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90408
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93412	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93867	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87459	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98155
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97224	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98572	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98517	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98108
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98677	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98456	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98896	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96747
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106672	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106749	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106261	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114998
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105451	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102987	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101313	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99182
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96608	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121191

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease