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: 115479	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77412	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78612	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69749
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72656	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67139	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78339
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77579	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78722	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79090	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78420
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79279	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78816	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78978	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76923
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80540	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80898	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80503	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87257
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84832	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82273	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81152	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79054
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77211	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99173

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease