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: 138976	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94940	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88894
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91993	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85857	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96499
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95614	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96901	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96931	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96365
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97036	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96685	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97094	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95082
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104231	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104309	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112535
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103677	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101256	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99649	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97506
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94968	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119257

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease