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: 142109	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97324	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98930	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91333
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94257	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88310	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99196
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98257	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99551	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99518	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99111
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99623	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99451	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99945	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97867
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107862	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108046	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107605	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116321
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106499	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103984	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102268	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100154
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97658	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122262

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease