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: 123836	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83855	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85162	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75574
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78501	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78618	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72770	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84638
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83965	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85093	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85274	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84838
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85427	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85204	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85166	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83369
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87063	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87512	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87181	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94261
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91419	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88879	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87631	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85534
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83487	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106540

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease