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: 142073	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97289	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98900	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91307
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94233	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94700	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88275	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99162
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98233	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99534	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99481	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99083
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99599	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99423	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99925	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97839
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107820	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108014	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107565	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116282
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106458	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103965	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102237	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100126
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97622	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122231

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease