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: 128081	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86665	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88069	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78872
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81828	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81996	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75865	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87478
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86704	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87862	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88066	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87542
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88342	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88010	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88012	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86213
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90690	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91295	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90802	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98270
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94387	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91981	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90623	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88482
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86298	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110068

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease