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: 117978	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79152	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80408	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71305
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74115	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74308	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68598	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80044
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79320	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80405	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80762	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80043
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80961	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80595	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80664	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78691
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82669	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82302	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89148
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86664	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84033	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82943	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80804
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78915	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101244

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease