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: 128049	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86645	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88045	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78847
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81809	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81978	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75844	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87454
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86679	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87838	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88050	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87516
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88317	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87981	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87982	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86187
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90658	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90771	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98240
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94364	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91956	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90594	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88459
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86277	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110052

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease