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: 142188	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97385	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98974	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91400
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94306	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94779	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88373	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99256
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98310	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99608	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99567	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99170
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99675	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99506	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100011	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97919
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107935	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108111	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107683	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116389
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106569	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104052	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102326	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100210
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97716	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122339

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease