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: 124153	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84120	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85379	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75785
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78712	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72977	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84873
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84173	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85290	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85493	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85062
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85658	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85424	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85353	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83591
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87304	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87788	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87431	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94521
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91632	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89108	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87856	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85782
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83704	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106765

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease