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: 123993	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83984	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85270	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75678
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78599	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78735	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72866	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84744
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84057	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85187	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85359	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84935
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85535	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85299	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85241	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83471
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87187	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87647	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87319	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94383
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91499	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88978	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87728	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85646
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83585	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106651

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease