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: 122969	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83146	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84465	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74942
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77839	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78014	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72133	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83901
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83213	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84347	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84597	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84126
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84708	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84486	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84484	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82633
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86280	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86743	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86414	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93455
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90694	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88163	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86925	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84842
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82771	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105762

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease