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: 128047	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86643	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88040	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78841
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75840	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87447
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86676	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87832	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88048	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87511
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88313	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87978	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87976	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86186
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90654	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91255	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98235
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94358	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91950	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90589	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88458
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86275	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110046

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease