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: 144769	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98849	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100541	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92649
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96127	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89580	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100773
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99816	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101135	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101064	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100649
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101207	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101060	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101553	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99386
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109419	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109599	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109251	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118046
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108296	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105804	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104012	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101838
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99234	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124387

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease