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: 133892	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91601	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93144	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85945
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88968	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89234	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82823	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92721
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91977	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93183	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93257	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92712
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93330	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92955	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93227	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91264
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99658	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99983	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99497	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107630
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99584	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97182	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95817	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93778
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91373	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114847

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease