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: 124154	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84127	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85380	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75786
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78713	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78847	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72978	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84873
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84174	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85291	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85495	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85062
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85659	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85425	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85356	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83593
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87305	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87792	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87432	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94525
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91632	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89111	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87859	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85782
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83706	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106768

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease