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: 144751	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98834	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100530	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92635
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95655	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96113	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89564	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100757
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99797	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101122	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101053	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100633
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101199	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101050	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101534	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99372
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109401	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109578	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109226	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118026
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108282	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105787	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104000	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101827
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99219	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124367

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease