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: 126596	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87183	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78155
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81112	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81261	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75200	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86574
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85843	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86964	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87139	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86705
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87402	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87121	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87128	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85362
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89802	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90340	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89879	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97206
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93379	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90980	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89631	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87510
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85439	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108898

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease