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: 144667	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98776	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100467	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92572
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95582	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96040	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89485	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100693
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99738	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101057	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101002	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100564
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101139	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100965	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101477	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99315
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109309	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109486	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109130	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 117932
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108219	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105723	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103928	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101752
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99145	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124276

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease