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: 133488	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91228	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92814	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85631
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88654	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88903	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82518	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92348
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91594	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92804	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92877	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92325
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92972	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92583	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92804	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90883
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99217	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99541	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99061	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107156
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99188	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96760	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95426	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93411
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91028	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114554

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease