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: 131499	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89556	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91069	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83881
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86926	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80843	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90568
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89805	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90959	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91105	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90512
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91229	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90893	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91051	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89145
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97312	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96813	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104719
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97359	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95003	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93596	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91505
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89252	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112874

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease