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: 91206	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61319	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62195	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55539
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57765	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 53867	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62079
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61562	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62641	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63060	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62038
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62978	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62836	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62670	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61128
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64123	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64606	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64232	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69346
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67311	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65140	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64289	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62343
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 61418	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79605

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease