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: 123346	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83466	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75190
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78107	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78284	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72392	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84234
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83546	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84691	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84897	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84441
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85021	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84801	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84776	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82943
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86667	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87120	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86767	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93827
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91029	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88491	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87253	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85189
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83089	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106075

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease