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: 121372	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81876	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83137	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73731
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76589	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76799	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70955	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82677
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81871	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83027	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83331	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82724
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83475	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83194	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83214	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81402
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84944	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85392	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85029	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92038
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89419	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86810	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85608	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83552
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81503	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104235

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease