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: 122703	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82933	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84241	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74732
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77634	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77792	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71911	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83697
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82955	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84136	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84373	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83890
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84491	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84256	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84231	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82419
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86036	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86485	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93199
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90463	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87907	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86679	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84596
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82546	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105473

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease