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: 134341	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91944	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93502	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86244
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89289	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89533	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83106	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93108
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92330	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93561	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93647	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93070
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93700	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93295	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93589	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91621
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100079	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100398	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99944	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108051
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99972	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97579	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96181	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94172
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91721	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115237

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease