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: 133852	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91577	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93121	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85924
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88949	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89207	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82796	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92697
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91948	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93152	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93237	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92673
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93295	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92926	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93189	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91226
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99627	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99949	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99464	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107592
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99553	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97140	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95778	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93748
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91343	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114815

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease