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: 99361	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66529	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67446	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60143
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62640	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63075	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58214	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67408
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66821	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67903	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68253	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67467
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68224	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68087	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67943	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66314
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69406	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69825	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69508	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75292
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73013	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70875	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69722	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67803
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66421	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86276

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease