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: 123561	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83650	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84951	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75403
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78320	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72614	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84421
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83735	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84872	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85058	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84629
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85195	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84978	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84949	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83130
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86883	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87340	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86977	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94066
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91194	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88651	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87416	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85334
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83269	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106253

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease