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: 124078	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84061	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85325	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75732
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78790	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72922	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84806
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84126	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85240	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85425	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84997
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85591	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85363	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85303	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83537
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87248	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87723	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87382	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94472
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91562	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89042	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87789	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85706
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83638	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106711

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease