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: 122059	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82393	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83676	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74208
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77133	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77289	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71424	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83205
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82400	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83598	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83852	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83328
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83989	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83738	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83728	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81881
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85484	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85585	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92625
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89962	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87345	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86131	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84100
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82049	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104865

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease