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: 139014	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94967	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96466	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88913
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92014	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92331	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85885	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96519
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95635	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96928	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96958	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96388
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97068	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96719	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97124	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95120
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104271	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104338	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103961	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112573
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103705	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101287	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99683	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97535
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94999	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119287

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease