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: 122275	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82549	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74380
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77298	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77456	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71570	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83364
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82582	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83764	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84022	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83527
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84154	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83899	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83895	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82045
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85639	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86115	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85772	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92825
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90111	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87534	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86289	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84255
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82200	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105039

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease