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: 139326	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95188	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96707	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89152
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92212	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92567	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86113	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96790
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95909	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97196	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97207	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96659
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97328	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96989	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97404	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95387
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104652	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104726	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104327	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112952
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103972	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101554	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99961	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97784
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95268	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119579

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease