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: 127994	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86625	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88015	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78834
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81800	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81960	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75832	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87422
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86660	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87801	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88019	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87484
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88299	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87952	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86162
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90634	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91241	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90750	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98223
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94326	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91926	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90573	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88427
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86249	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110041

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease