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: 128077	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86661	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88067	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78861
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81822	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75860	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87473
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86698	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87858	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88061	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87537
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88338	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86204
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90677	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91284	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90795	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98264
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94378	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91978	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90614	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88473
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86293	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110061

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease