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: 128292	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86834	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88245	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79859
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82848	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82996	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76781	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87668
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86876	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88027	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88259	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87720
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88538	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88161	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88193	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86380
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91720	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91865	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99523
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94551	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92167	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90777	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88636
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86466	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110239

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease