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: 125042	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84842	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86142	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76604
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79548	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79681	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73747	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85565
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84861	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85999	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86185	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85752
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86419	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86137	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84344
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88188	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88657	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95443
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92344	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89898	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88612	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86518
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84436	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107599

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease