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: 99210	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66399	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67305	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60051
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62531	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58111	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67281
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66716	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67757	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68124	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67342
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68104	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67979	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67815	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66185
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69256	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69694	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69397	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75142
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72882	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70731	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69600	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67672
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66298	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86139

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease