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: 131896	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89917	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91440	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84219
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87249	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87534	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81151	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90924
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90174	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91333	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91469	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90892
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91590	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91227	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91405	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89476
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97265	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97676	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97188	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105112
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97741	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95366	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93974	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91917
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89635	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113257

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease