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: 119615	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80458	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81766	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72493
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75350	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69701	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81289
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80509	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81592	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82009	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81291
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82161	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81834	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81927	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80002
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83679	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84022	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83709	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90558
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87948	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85341	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84212	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82103
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80131	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102762

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease