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: 176295	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120753	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122973	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112022
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116031	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107404	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122416
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121434	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122292	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121940	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121596
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122120	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122142	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123132	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120724
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133994	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133576	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145275
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132470	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129175	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127137	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124256
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121207	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152155

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease