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: 128979	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87460	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88835	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81575
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84567	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84781	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78459	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88296
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87512	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88710	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88843	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88353
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89151	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88776	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88825	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87006
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93743	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94360	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93860	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101531
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95163	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92783	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91373	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89238
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87088	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110769

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease