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: 123411	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83520	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84847	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75241
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78163	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78337	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72454	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84287
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83616	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84751	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84946	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84496
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85089	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84879	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84835	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82996
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86729	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87176	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86827	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93891
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91085	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88541	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87301	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85243
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83152	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106140

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease