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: 115469	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77407	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78602	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69741
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72458	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72653	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67132	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78332
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77570	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78717	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79076	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78416
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79276	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78810	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78975	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76917
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80531	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80889	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80499	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87246
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84823	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82263	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81142	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79046
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77211	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99162

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease