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: 138876	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94901	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96407	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88846
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91948	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92264	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85808	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96437
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95558	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96845	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96874	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96308
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96969	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96634	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97038	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95015
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104152	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104236	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103842	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112460
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103614	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101193	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99613	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97455
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94913	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119193

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease