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: 124053	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84036	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75714
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78630	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78771	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72908	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84784
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84104	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85227	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85406	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84980
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85574	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85345	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85280	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83521
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87229	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87700	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87367	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94438
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91547	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89024	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87769	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85685
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83618	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106696

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease