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: 97886	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65451	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66385	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59307
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61643	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62188	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57380	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66311
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65834	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66804	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67167	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66333
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67173	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67072	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66885	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65259
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68281	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68767	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68415	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74058
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71867	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69709	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68682	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66609
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65447	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85122

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease