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: 128097	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86681	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88081	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78884
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81848	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82012	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75879	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87498
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86722	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87877	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88087	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87561
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88367	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88021	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88030	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86225
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90702	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91316	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90830	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98307
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94403	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91995	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90640	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88497
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86310	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110089

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease