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: 20197	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17985	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17692	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17666
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17622	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17871	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17350	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18256
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18310	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18375	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18321	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17960
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18049	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18112	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17862	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17816
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20163	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20436	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20679
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18626	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18340	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18139	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18190
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17949	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19283

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease