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: 74771	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 51751	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52365	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47201
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48933	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 49769	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 46320	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52719
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 51948	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52657	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53075	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52552
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52845	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52978	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52682	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 51590
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54510	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54669	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54897	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58736
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56472	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54994	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54078	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52980
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 51802	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65633

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease