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: 126686	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85868	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87235	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78327
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81279	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81417	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75373	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86646
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85910	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87035	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87211	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86772
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87482	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87190	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87195	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85422
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90540	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90063	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97413
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93448	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91042	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89695	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87567
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85486	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108952

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease