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: 122884	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83087	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84407	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74897
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77787	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77965	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72085	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83855
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83148	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84302	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84550	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84066
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84654	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84426	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84421	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82570
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86671	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86344	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93386
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90644	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88103	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86845	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84781
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82714	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105698

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease