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: 129425	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87810	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89224	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82236
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85259	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85501	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79177	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88713
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87906	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89128	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89243	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88732
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89517	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89141	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89231	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87381
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94632	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94724	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102395
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95561	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93161	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91791	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89632
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87491	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111146

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease