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: 138009	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94216	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95772	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88205
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91303	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85127	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95715
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94850	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96109	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96168	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95590
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96243	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95888	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96289	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94289
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102980	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103163	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102700	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111217
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102885	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100429	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98923	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96732
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94179	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118371

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease