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: 107854	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72198	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73312	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65181
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68301	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62963	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73094
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72493	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73664	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73914	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73237
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74018	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73616	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73713	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72123
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75301	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75581	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75227	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81738
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79312	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76944	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75804	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73731
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72077	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93179

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease