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: 124856	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84721	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85979	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76467
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79399	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79539	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73630	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85454
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84731	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85862	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86059	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85620
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86275	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85997	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85960	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84218
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88051	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88528	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88135	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95284
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92186	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89755	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88474	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86394
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84310	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107410

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease