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: 128395	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86924	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88343	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80193
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83311	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77080	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87752
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86945	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88122	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88348	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87821
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88628	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88258	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88285	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86466
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92687	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92249	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99898
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94639	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92274	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90873	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88723
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86551	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110338

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease