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: 139418	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95266	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96781	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89249
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92661	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86211	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96881
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95992	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97274	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97283	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96741
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97421	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97074	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97495	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95466
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104783	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104850	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104456	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113111
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104079	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101643	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100062	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97883
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95343	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119679

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease