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: 141873	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97118	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98712	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91185
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94126	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94586	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88175	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98995
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98058	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99371	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99320	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98912
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99448	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99237	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99748	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97665
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107660	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107848	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107387	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116099
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106311	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103798	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102084	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99985
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97481	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122052

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease