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: 134848	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92343	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93868	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86552
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89605	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89881	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83414	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93546
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92734	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93964	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94083	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93485
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94084	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93718	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94029	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92029
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100573	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100856	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100375	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108517
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100432	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97994	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96602	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94581
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92115	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115599

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease