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: 123510	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83611	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84914	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75342
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78276	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78428	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72568	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84379
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83693	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84833	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85024	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84582
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85158	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84951	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84908	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83075
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87289	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93998
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91164	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88610	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87373	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85309
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83234	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106214

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease