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: 128334	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86877	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88280	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79985
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76888	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87700
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86907	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88067	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88300	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87768
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88575	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88203	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88229	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86426
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91847	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92453	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91980	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99666
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94592	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92213	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90826	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88666
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86497	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110290

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease