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: 128200	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86757	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88159	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79629
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82611	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82787	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76582	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87585
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86797	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87954	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88166	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87638
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88443	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88090	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88114	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86297
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91471	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92098	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91601	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99211
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94473	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92070	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90708	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88566
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86384	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110158

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease