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: 124884	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84734	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86008	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76500
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79439	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79579	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73658	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85477
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84752	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85885	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86081	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85646
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86295	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85984	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84244
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88080	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88553	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88169	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95320
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92210	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89786	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88503	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86422
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84331	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107435

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease