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: 123348	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83467	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75190
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78109	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78286	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72396	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84236
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83549	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84694	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84899	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84444
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85023	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84807	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84778	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82945
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86667	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87120	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86768	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93828
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91029	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88493	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87254	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85190
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83092	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106078

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease