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: 114674	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76892	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78087	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69285
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71971	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72178	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66726	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77825
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77067	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78220	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78560	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77950
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78746	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78288	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78435	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76365
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80017	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80305	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79944	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86659
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84273	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81749	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80604	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78478
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76712	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98517

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease