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: 77085	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53081	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53707	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48286
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50197	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 50923	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 47339	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53980
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53238	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53957	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54460	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53791
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54222	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54308	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54067	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 52859
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55767	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56052	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60150
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57958	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56368	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55446	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54196
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53127	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67706

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease