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: 108438	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72550	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73695	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65521
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68179	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68602	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63272	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73498
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72810	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74030	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74287	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73616
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74405	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73990	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74091	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72487
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75664	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75974	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75633	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82161
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79750	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77368	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76209	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74149
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72477	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93657

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease