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: 134539	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92113	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93664	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86369
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89417	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89676	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83234	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93287
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92500	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93723	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93830	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93260
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93842	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93467	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93765	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91791
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100593	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100130	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108256
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100154	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97754	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96351	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94351
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91873	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115387

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease