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: 121285	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81798	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83058	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73674
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76717	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70895	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82603
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81802	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82958	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83257	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82650
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83416	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83125	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83156	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81336
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84870	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85320	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84966	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91968
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89361	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86722	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85541	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83478
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81433	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104162

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease