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: 132965	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90813	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92353	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85178
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88186	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88469	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82095	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91891
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91126	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92344	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92378	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91875
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92510	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92137	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92364	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90392
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98565	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98947	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98456	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106477
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98704	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96287	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94911	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92949
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90589	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114159

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease