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: 122736	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82958	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84278	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74765
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77665	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71938	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83726
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82994	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84172	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84411	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83924
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84518	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84292	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84270	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82445
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86069	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86512	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93234
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90496	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87940	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86723	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84635
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82582	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105521

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease