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: 133475	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91224	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85620
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88647	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82509	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92337
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91582	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92797	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92866	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92314
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92960	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92574	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92789	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90875
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99521	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99045	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107143
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99171	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96747	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95413	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93406
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91019	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114542

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease