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: 136987	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93600	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95133	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87621
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90997	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84540	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94988
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94181	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95364	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95456	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94869
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95508	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95204	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95581	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93557
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102362	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101873	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110256
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102065	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99603	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98130	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95990
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93504	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117493

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease