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: 129301	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87711	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89124	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82038
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85059	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85309	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78988	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88608
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87783	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89002	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89118	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88624
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89411	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89033	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89110	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87279
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94379	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94924	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94493	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102152
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95458	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93050	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91672	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89526
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87375	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111053

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease