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: 129304	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87713	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89125	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82040
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85064	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: 78989	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88611
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87788	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89006	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89121	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88626
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89414	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89037	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89112	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87282
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94380	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94497	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102154
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95461	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93055	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91677	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89529
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87384	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111055

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease