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: 123574	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83655	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84962	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75413
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78330	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78481	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72620	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84435
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83741	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84883	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85063	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84642
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85205	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84985	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84961	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83139
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86892	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87345	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94068
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91206	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88661	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87426	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85337
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83276	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106268

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease