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: 137931	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94172	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95722	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88152
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91251	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91554	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85068	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95653
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94808	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96054	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96116	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95525
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96172	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95833	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96237	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94233
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102914	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102639	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111139
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102821	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100363	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98867	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96677
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94126	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118297

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease