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: 134395	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91997	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93548	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86282
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89335	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89575	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83143	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93149
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92381	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93602	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93698	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93126
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93735	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93351	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93642	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91663
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100170	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100466	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100014	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108129
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100027	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97629	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96235	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94225
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91760	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115281

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease