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: 118481	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79543	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71657
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74483	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74638	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68920	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80430
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79672	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80771	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81116	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80412
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81330	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80984	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81055	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79082
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82683	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83065	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82729	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89581
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87013	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84434	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83308	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81176
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79284	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101645

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease