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: 120868	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81469	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82746	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73392
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76260	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76435	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70605	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82286
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81480	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82602	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82968	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82336
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83109	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82803	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82860	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81034
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84598	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85002	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91656
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89015	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86404	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85219	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83140
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81135	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103823

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease