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: 119727	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80544	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72592
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75627	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69789	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81379
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80594	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81665	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82084	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81382
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82245	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81932	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82017	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80072
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83770	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84128	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83800	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90683
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88037	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85432	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84301	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82189
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80224	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102863

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease