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: 128247	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86803	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88207	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79772
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82755	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82910	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76706	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87630
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86842	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87998	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88219	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87690
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88494	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88127	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88160	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86345
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91614	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92252	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91753	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99411
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94521	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92133	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90752	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88603
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86434	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110204

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease