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: 148028	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101044	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102789	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94688
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97844	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98297	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91569	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102998
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102046	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103363	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103261	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102859
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103399	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103237	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103690	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101554
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111922	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112169	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111756	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120889
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110757	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108225	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106451	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104028
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101466	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127280

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease