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: 124591	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84534	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85809	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76247
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79174	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79308	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73414	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85286
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84554	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85687	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85915	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85445
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86078	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85801	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85796	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84032
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87810	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88285	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87910	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95060
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92010	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89568	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88295	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86207
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84127	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107192

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease