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: 129285	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87693	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89103	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82004
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85028	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85279	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78959	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88589
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87773	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88989	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89100	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88605
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89395	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89010	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89094	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87259
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94333	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94890	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94462	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102118
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95443	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93029	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91654	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89507
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87358	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111032

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease