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: 148683	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101428	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103194	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95057
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98237	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91894	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103398
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102416	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103767	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103664	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103255
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103774	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103625	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104083	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101932
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112359	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112604	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112203	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121406
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111206	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108648	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106897	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104443
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101847	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127897

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease