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: 114511	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76797	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77991	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69194
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71867	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72086	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66650	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77724
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76963	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78099	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78450	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77850
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78631	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78179	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78325	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76255
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79879	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79812	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86514
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84187	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81626	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80504	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78374
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76615	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98416

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease