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: 133727	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91441	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93012	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85816
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88849	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89104	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82692	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92571
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91835	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93043	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93110	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92538
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93177	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92796	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93045	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91109
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99477	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99810	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99326	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107446
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99417	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97007	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95641	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93618
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91235	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114722

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease